Intense clashes continue in SE Turkey
from Hurriyet Daily News
Intense clashes are continuing throughout southeast Turkey following close to a month of operations in the area.
Turkey?s longest war
from Hurriyet Daily News
The longer the conflict between the Turkish government and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party..
Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul comforts a girl during a funeral ceremony in Gaziantep August 22, 2012. The President, Prime Minister and Party Leaders gathered at a funeral for victims of the attack, which came as families celebrated the Eid al-Fitr holiday at the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Turkey’s leaders called for unity on Wednesday following a car bomb attack which heightened fears that Kurdish militants are exploiting chaos in neighbouring Syria and stepping up their decades-old insurgency. Unidentified assailants detonated the car bomb by a police station in the industrial city of Gaziantep near the Syrian border late on Monday, killing nine people including several children and wounding more than 60. REUTERS/Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Palace Press Office/Handout
BDP leader wovs to protect party buildings
from Hurriyet Daily News
The Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) will protect themselves from attacks made against party premises if the police and government fail to do so
Prosecutor Launches Probe into PKK, BDP Encounter
from Bianet :: English
The Chief Prosecutor?s Office in the eastern province of Van launched a probe into an encounter between members of the Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) who were conducting a road check in the southeastern province of Hakkari and a delegation of politicians, including certain members of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP.)
Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul (6th R), Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (7th R) and top officials attend the funeral ceremony of four of nine victims killed by a car bomb attack in Gaziantep August 22. 2012. The president, prime minister and party leaders gathered in the city at a funeral for the victims of the attack, which came as families celebrated the Eid al-Fitr holiday at the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Turkey’s leaders called for unity on Wednesday following a car bomb attack which heightened fears that Kurdish militants are exploiting chaos in neighbouring Syria and stepping up their decades-old insurgency. Unidentified assailants detonated the car bomb by a police station in the industrial city of Gaziantep near the Syrian border late on Monday, killing nine people including several children and wounding more than 60. REUTERS/Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Presidential Palace Press Office/Handout
Toward a post-Kemalist CHP?
from Hurriyet Daily News
Turkey?s main opposition Republican People?s Party (CHP) gave an interesting dinner the other day. It was an ‘iftar…’
U.S. think tanks foresaw Gaziantep bomb
from Hurriyet Daily News
Three major U.S. think tanks reportedly predicted that the southeastern.
AKP readies for upcoming local polls with surveys
from Hurriyet Daily News
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has started its preparations for local elections
Five PKK Reports
from Mavi Boncuk by M.A.M
Parliament can’t meet over ‘a few killed soldiers,’ AKP deputy head says
from Hurriyet Daily News
Turkish Parliament cannot meet regarding the outlawed …
US insists on political solution to Kurdish question
from Hurriyet Daily News
A political solution to the Kurdish question is the ?responsible and promising way? and could drain the terrorist swamp, the U.S. ambassador has said.
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