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Kurdish PKK to withdraw its fighters from Turkiye to Iraq
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"We are implementing the withdrawal of all our forces within Turkiye," the Kurdish PKK said in a statement read out on Sunday in the Qandil area of northern Iraq, according to an AFP journalist present there.
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Turkiye: Kurdistan Workers Party declares ceasefire post order from incarc
Updated : 1 year ago IST
If accepted by Turkey, the declaration could bring about the end of a decades-long conflict estimated to have killed at least 40,000 people and rippled across the borders of multiple neighbouring countries, per CNN.
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Turkiye calls for dismantling of Kurdish groups in Syria
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Turkiye Defence Minister Yasar Guler on Sunday emphasised on the dismantling of Khurdish groups PKK/YKG in Syria, Anadolu Ajansi reported.
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Turkiye: 5 killed, 22 injured in terrorist attack on aerospace company hea
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
At least five people have been killed and 22 others were injured in an attack on the headquarters of Turkiye's aerospace and defence company Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS) near Ankara on Wednesday.
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Outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party accepts responsibility for suicide bombi
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The PKK claimed their involvement in the attack, stating, "A sacrificial action was carried out against the Turkish Interior Ministry by a team from our Immortal Brigade", Al Jazeera reported, citing a statement the outfit sent to the ANF news agency.
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3 killed in Turkish drone attack on Kurdistan Workers' Party members
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
A Turkish drone strike killed three people from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
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Erdogan ponders meeting with Assad, a rapprochement that seemed unthinkabl
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
This was a surprising move coming after Erdogan's repeated threats that he would launch a new ground operation in Syria against the US-allied Syrian Kurdish groups which Ankara considers "terrorists" and because Turkey since 2011 has been the main backer of Syria's opposition to the Assad
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Erdogan continues the airstrikes and wants to launch a new ground operatio
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar was quoted by the official Anadolu news agency as saying that "so far 471 targets have been struck and 254 terrorists were neutralized in the operation", while the Kurdish YPG which strongly denies any involvement in the Istanbul bombing says that 30 civi
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Was the deadly explosion in Istanbul the work of Kurdish groups or a false
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The deadly explosion on Istanbul's bustling Istiklal Street at 4.20 pm on November 13 was immediately blamed by the Turkish government on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the People's Defense Units (YPG). However, there are strong suspicions that it could be another false flag
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Evidence indicates Kurdistan Workers Party involved in Istanbul's attack:
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Suleyman Soylu said that their assessment is that the attack came from Ayn al-Arab in Syria, where the Syrian headquarters of PKK/YPG is located.
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73 Kurdish militants neutralized in Iraq: Turkish military
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], May 7 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of militants affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) killed by the Turkish military during the ongoing operation in northern Iraq has risen to 73, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Saturday.
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Turkey steps up offensive against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], April 18 (ANI): Turkish defense ministry announced early morning that the country has launched a new ground and air cross-border offensive against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq.
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