Residents return to devastated Turkey town as curfew lifted
Residents of Cizre in southeastern Turkey began returning home Wednesday after authorities partially lifted a curfew in place since December for a controversial operation against Kurdish rebels whi
Mar 02, 2016, 23:18 PM IST
Turkish air strikes hit PKK camps in northern Iraq after Ankara bomb kills 28
A suicide car bomb attack targeting military buses killed 28 soldiers and civilians in Ankara.
Feb 18, 2016, 15:31 PM IST
Suspected PKK militants attack Turkey pro-govt dailies
Suspected militants from the Kurdistan Workers` Party (PKK) attacked the offices of two strongly pro-government Turkish newspapers, throwing Molotov cocktails and opening fire on their editorial headquarters, reports said Thursday.
Feb 11, 2016, 16:58 PM IST
Turkish soldiers clash with Kurdish militants crossing from Syria
One Turkish soldier was killed and another wounded when security forces clashed with Kurdish militants crossing over from Syria, the army said on Wednesday, hours after Ankara summoned the US ambassador over Washington`s support for Syrian Kurds.
Feb 10, 2016, 17:19 PM IST
Amnesty says Kurds conduct campaign to uproot Arabs in north Iraq
Kurdish forces have bulldozed, blown up and burned down thousands of Arab homes across northern Iraq in what may constitute a war crime, human rights watchdog Amnesty International said in a report published on Wednesday.
Jan 20, 2016, 13:24 PM IST
Five killed, 39 wounded in PKK bomb attack in southeast Turkey
Five people were killed and 39 wounded Thursday in a car bomb attack by Kurdish militants on a police station and adjacent housing for officers in southeastern Turkey, the provincial governorate said.
Jan 14, 2016, 11:19 AM IST
70 killed in major anti-PKK operation in south-east Turkey
Seventy suspected members of the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have been killed in a vast operation against the group in the mainly Kurdish southeast over the past four days, the army said today.
Dec 19, 2015, 23:06 PM IST
62 Kurdish rebels killed in past 3 days in Turkey: Military
Turkey's security forces killed 62 Kurdish militants in three days of operations in two mainly-Kurdish towns near the border with Iraq, the military said on Friday.
Dec 19, 2015, 00:32 AM IST
Turkey kills 30 Kurdish rebels in cross-border raid: Erdogan
The Turkish military killed more than 30 Kurdish fighters overnight in a cross-border raid in northern Iraq where outlawed Kurdistan Workers` Party (PKK) militants are holed up, the president said Tuesday.
Sep 29, 2015, 16:24 PM IST
Five police killed by Kurdish militants in Turkey`s southeast
Five Turkish police officers were killed in two bomb attacks by Kurdish militants in the country`s southeast overnight, Turkish security sources said Wednesday.
Sep 16, 2015, 13:21 PM IST
Three Turkish police killed by PKK as new curfews imposed
Three policemen were killed by Kurdish militants on Sunday in two separate attacks in Turkey`s southeast, security sources said, as the authorities imposed new curfews in the battle against the rebels.
Sep 13, 2015, 20:31 PM IST
