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Turkey pushes for full Use of Kurdistan Region oil pipeline
Turkey wants Iraq to ensure that the oil pipeline from the semi-autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan to the Turkish port of Ceyhan on the Mediterranean is utilized to its capacity as Ankara and Baghdad are discussing…
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How has Turkey fended since the July 2016 attempted coup?
Turkey has been very busy this July, not only has it welcomed thousands of tourists mainly from the Gulf countries for their summer holidays; a number of political events have been taking place there. Foremost amongst…
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Turkish Parliament to establish 51-member commission for peace efforts with PKK
The speaker of Turkey’s parliament has formally asked political parties to submit delegate names for a 51-member parliamentary commission tasked with overseeing the next phase of a state-led process aimed at ending…
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PKK: peace process cannot proceed unilaterally
An umbrella group that includes the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Thursday expressed its commitment to jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan’s recent “historic” message but stressed that Ankara also has to act in the…
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Erdogan says he is optimistic that victory will be Iran's
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he's "optimistic that victory will be Iran's" in a blistering speech at a gathering of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) foreign ministers in Istanbul.
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DEM Party calls for an immediate end to Israel’s attacks on Iran
The Foreign Relations Commission of the Peoples’ Democracy and Equality Party (DEM Party) issued a written statement on Israel's attacks on Iran, calling on the international community to return to peaceful solutions…
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Turkey boosts domestic gas for leverage over Europe and Iran
Twenty-five years ago, I drove through south-eastern Turkey. The town of Kahta was enjoying an oil boom, modest by the scale of the Gulf, but with basic hotels crowded with roughnecks, and nodding donkey pumps in…
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Nechirvan Barzani, DEM Party co-leader discuss Turkey-PKK peace
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani on Friday received a phone call from the co-leader of Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), who urged Barzani’s continued engagement…
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The PKK abandons armed struggle
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has waged a secessionist campaign against Turkey since 1978, announced on May 12 its decision to end its armed struggle.
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PKK announces disbandment and end of Turkey insurgency
The Kurdish militant group PKK, whose leader Abdullah Ocalan has been imprisoned since 1999, made the decision to disband in a move towards ending its conflict with Turkey.
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Turkey intensifies strikes as PKK weighs disarmament
Turkey’s military has intensified its operations against alleged Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) positions in the Kurdistan Region, with over 200 bombardments and assaults recorded in April alone, despite the PKK…
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Victory is ours: Imamoglu says from prison
Istanbul's imprisoned mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, sent a message to the extraordinary congress of the Republican People's Party (CHP), accusing the Erdogan government of authoritarianism and the suppression of democracy.…