Turkish airstrikes target Kurdish rebels updated 1 day ago
Turkey's military launched airstrikes Monday on Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq, according to the PKK, or Kurdistan Workers' Party.
Female fighters: We won't stand for male dominance updated 1 day ago
The women line the mountainside, locked hand in hand in their green battle fatigues, and begin dancing. It's a victory dance, they say, that is routine after raids across the border on Turkish troops.
Turkish troops bomb northern Iraq after PKK clashes updated 2 days ago
The Turkish military bombed PKK rebel targets Saturday in northern Iraq in response to clashes that left at least 15 Turkish troops dead, the PKK and the military said Sunday.
Turkey: 15 soldiers killed by Kurd rebels updated Sat, October 4, 2008
Fifteen Turkish soldiers were killed in an overnight clash with Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey along the country's border with Iraq, President Abdullah Gul said.
Turkey: 15 soldiers killed by Kurd rebels updated Sat, October 4, 2008
Fighting between Kurdish rebels and Turkey's army and air force in southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq killed 15 soldiers and at least 23 insurgents, the military said Saturday, in the deadliest battle between them in eight months.
Nine Turkish soldiers killed in mine blast updated Mon, August 11, 2008
A bombing in eastern Turkey on Monday killed nine soldiers and wounded two others, the state news agency said, citing a provincial governor's office.
13 arrested in Istanbul bombings updated Sat, August 2, 2008
Turkish authorities have arrested 13 people in connection with blasts that killed 17 people in Istanbul last week, Interior Minister Besir Atalay said Saturday.
Turkish court rejects ban on ruling party updated Wed, July 30, 2008
Turkey's Constitutional Court has rejected a proposed ban on the country's Islamic-rooted ruling party -- the Justice and Development Party, or AKP -- for alleged anti-secularist activities, the leader of the court said Wednesday.
Thousands mourn Turkish bomb victims updated Mon, July 28, 2008
Thousands of mourners were joined Monday by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the funerals of victims killed in Sunday's double bombing in Istanbul.
Two blasts rock Istanbul, killing 15 updated Sun, July 27, 2008
The death toll from two deadly explosions in Turkey continued to rise early Monday as government officials confirmed 15 deaths and more than 150 injuries.
