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Turkey

Turks welcome end of military operation in Sur, Diyarbakir

Residents in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir have welcomed the end of a government-backed operation against militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party

10/03/2016

Turkey

Turkish police break up protests in Kurdish south east

Turkish police moved in to disperse hundreds of protesters in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir on Wednesday (March 2) – at least 33 people were

03/03/2016

Turkey

Residents return to ruined Turkish city of Cizre after partial lifting of curfew

Turkey has partially lifted a strict curfew that has been in force in the southeastern city of Cizre for the past two and a half months

02/03/2016

World News

Rescued Swedish teenager describes 'hard life' under ISIL in Iraq

A Swedish teenager rescued from ISIL fanatics in Iraq has said she was duped into going there by her boyfriend, describing life in the so-called

24/02/2016

United Kingdom

Friend or foe: UK raises concerns over Syrian Kurdish militia

For the West, Kurdish fighters are widely considered precious allies in the fight against ISIL. Yet in Britain’s House of Commons on Tuesday, Foreign

23/02/2016

Syria

Syria: ISIL stronghold of al-Shadadi 'captured by Kurdish-led forces'

A Syrian monitor is claiming that a strategically important ISIL stronghold in northeastern Syria has fallen to a Kurdish-led force backed by US-led

19/02/2016

Turkey

Turkey says militants are using US-supplied weapons against civilians

Erdogan turns up the heat on Obama after this week's deadly suicide bombing in the centre of Ankara.

19/02/2016

Turkey

Syrian Kurdish party denies Ankara attack

As the funerals for the 28 soldiers who died in Wednesday’s suicide bomb attack in Ankara take place, Turkey is on the offensive. The Turkish

18/02/2016

Turkey

Turkish PM blames Syrian Kurd militants for deadly Ankara blast

Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has accused the Syrian-based Kurdish YPG militia of being behind Wednesday’s deadly bombing in Ankara

18/02/2016

Turkey

Erdogan: Turkey will 'give as good as it gets' against Kurdish forces

Turkey’s president has insisted that the country’s military will not stop shelling Kurdish positions in Syria in response to cross-border fire. It

17/02/2016

Turkey

Politics invades the pitch in Turkish football

Football. is Turkey's most popular sport. But, with the ongoing clashes in the largely Kurdish southeast, the pitch is being invaded more and more frequently by politics.

17/02/2016

Syria

Turkey urged to stop assaults on Kurdish militias in Syria

France calls on Turkey to halt assaults on Kurdish militia Saudi Arabia prepared to participate in Syrian ground offensive Obama and Putin agree

15/02/2016

Turkey

Turkish military shells Kurdish-backed positions in Syria for second day

The Turkish army shelled positions held by Kurdish-backed fighters in northern Syria for a second day on Sunday (February 14), killing two fighters

14/02/2016

Turkey

Turkish forces attack Syrian and Kurdish positions in northern Syria

Turkey has confirmed its armed forces have struck at Syrian army and Kurdish positions north of Aleppo, well on the Syrian side of its border with

14/02/2016

Turkey

Davutoglu promises 'rose garden' in Turkey's Kurdish south-east

Turkey's prime minister has been in the mainly Kurdish south-east of the country after weeks of anti-PKK operations left some areas badly damaged.

05/02/2016

Republic of Ecuador

Ecuador: pro-Kurdish protesters clash with police at anti-Erdogan demo in Quito

Scuffles broke out between pro-Kurdish protesters and police in the Ecuadorian capital, Quito, on Thursday. The demonstrators were protesting against

05/02/2016

World News

UN human rights chief urges Turkey to investigate shooting in Cizre

The United Nations’ top human rights official has called for an inquiry into the alleged shooting of unarmed civilians by the army in the south east

01/02/2016

Turkey

Turkey detains academics over critical petition

Turkish police have arrested at least 14 academics over a petition criticising a military crackdown on Kurdish activists.

15/01/2016

Turkey

Turkey: the battle for Cizre

The worst violence for twenty years?

02/01/2016

Turkey

Residents of Turkish town flee as government forces clash with Kurdish militants

As clashes continue between government forces and Kurdish militants in the Turkish town of Cizre, some residents have decided to abandon their homes

02/01/2016