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15 Female Rebel Fighters Killed

AP | SUZAN FRASER | Posted 05.24.2012

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ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkish forces killed 15 female Kurdish rebel fighters in clashes in southeast Turkey, officials said Saturday, in what is believed ...

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Erdogan’s Kurdish Challenge

Akbar Ahmed | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Erdogan, Turkey, Pkk, Kurds, Iraq, Terrorism, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Akp, Religion News
Akbar Ahmed

There is a dichotomy at the heart of Turkey's newly forming identity. It cannot be a champion of human rights and compassion abroad while ignoring them at home.

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Arrests In Turkey Raise Concerns Over Press Freedom

AP | SUZAN FRASER | Posted 02.19.2012

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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Police on Tuesday detained some 40 people, including several journalists, as part of a growing investigation into a group pros...

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Exactly the Type of Friend Turkey Needs

Joshua W. Walker | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Susan Collins, US-Turkey Relations, Turkey, Pkk, Republicans, World News
Joshua W. Walker

I was pleasantly surprised last week to listen to one of the best speeches I've ever heard delivered overlooking the Bosporus by one of the least likely and most unassuming American leaders from Washington.

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Female Suicide Bomber Kills 2, Wounds Dozen

AP | Posted 12.29.2011

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ANKARA, Turkey — A female suicide bomber killed two people in Turkey's southeastern Kurdish region and wounded 12 others, authorities said. The...

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Ruinous Victories

Bruce Fein | Posted 12.25.2011

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Bruce Fein

Politicians are chronically myopic and generally ill-educated. Whenever they claim victory abroad, skepticism is justified. The latest case of Libya is no different.

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Turkey Launches Incursion In Iraq

AP | SELCAN HACAOGLU and SUZAN FRASER | Posted 12.19.2011

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ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish soldiers, air force bombers and helicopter gunships launched an incursion into northern Iraq on Wednesday, hours after ...

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Turkish State TV: Roadside Bomb Kills At Least Seven, Including 2-Year-Old

AP | Posted 12.18.2011

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ANKARA, Turkey — A roadside blast killed five policemen and three civilians, including a 4-year-old girl, in Turkey's southeast on Tuesday, an o...

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Turkey: Ending the PKK Insurgency (AUDIO)

Kimberly Abbott | Posted 12.06.2011

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Kimberly Abbott

Clashes between the Turkish government and the Kurdish insurgent group PKK have killed more than 150 people since Turkey's mid-June elections, and this new cycle of tension and violence shows signs of spiraling out of control.

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Iraqi Kurds: Displaced by Iranian and Turkish Operations, Ignored by the World

Ahmad Shuja | Posted 11.07.2011

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Ahmad Shuja

Iran has been involved in skirmishes with PJAK rebels on-and-off in the past, but the current spate is unprecedented in its duration -- it is likely the longest lasting combat operation by the Revolutionary Guards since the Iran-Iraq war ended more than 20 years ago.

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Turkish Military Claims Up To 160 Kurdish Rebels Killed In Airstrikes

AP | SELCAN HACAOGLU | Posted 10.29.2011

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ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's military said Monday that its air strikes and artillery fire on suspected Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq have ...

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Turkey Will Continue Airstrikes Until Kurdish Rebel Group Is 'Rendered Ineffective'

AP | SUZAN FRASER | Posted 10.18.2011

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ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's air force attacked 60 suspected Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq, the military said Thursday, and it vowed to co...

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How Turkey Misuses the Terrorism Card

Aisling Reidy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Aisling Reidy

Turkey's arbitrary use of anti-terror laws against acts of political opposition violates human rights central to a functioning democracy -- freedom of expression, association and assembly -- and undermines the rule of law.

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Time to Rise Above the Fray

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alon Ben-Meir

A year after Israel's offensive in Gaza drove a wedge between Turkey and Israel, emotions are still overriding reason, causing what was recently seen to be a diplomatic breach on the verge of crisis.

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PKK Kurdish Rebels: We Won't Stop Fighting In Iraq

AP | SINAN SALAHEDDIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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BAGHDAD — Kurdish rebels on Tuesday rejected calls by Iraq's president to stop fighting against Turkey and leave Iraqi territory as the visiting...

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Israel May Retaliate Against Turkey by Recognizing the Armenian Genocide

Harut Sassounian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Harut Sassounian

Enraged by the abrasive tone of Turkey's condemnation of Israel's attack on Gaza, Israeli officials and Turkish analysts are now raising the possibility that Tel Aviv may retaliate.

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Turkey says warplanes hit Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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ISTANBUL, Turkey — Turkish warplanes hit an area in northern Iraq where a group of Kurdish rebels was trying to infiltrate Turkey, the military ...

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Bush Meets With Turkish PM In Effort To Stave Off 'Major Cross-Border Attack'

AP | DESMOND BUTLER | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Bush on Monday pledged fresh help to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in fighting Kurdish rebels, declaring them "an enemy of Tu...

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Turkey Closer To Invading Northern Iraq After Kurdish Rebels Kill 12 Soldiers

Times of London | Suna Erdem | Posted 05.25.2011

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The prospect of Turkey invading northern Iraq drew closer today after Kurdish rebels killed at least 12 soldiers in an ambush, blowing up a bridge nea...

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