PKK declares ceasefire with Turkey after 40 years of armed struggleOutlawed Kurdish militants have declared a ceasefire with Turkey, adhering to PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan's call to disband and end decades ...
01 Mar, 2025, 12.22 PM IST
Turkiye strikes Kurdish militant targets in Syria and Iraq for second dayTurkiye launched strikes on Kurdish militant targets in Syria and Iraq after a deadly attack on a defense company premises. The National In...
25 Oct, 2024, 02.56 PM IST
Turkey hits PKK targets in northern Iraq, Syria after deadly attack in AnkaraPerpetrators of the attack in Ankara were highly likely PKK members, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said earlier.
24 Oct, 2024, 12.25 PM IST
Turkiye: 5 killed, 22 injured in terrorist attack on aerospace company headquartersAn attack on Turkish Aerospace Industries' HQ near Ankara leaves at least five dead and 22 injured. Turkiye's Interior Minister hints at PK...
24 Oct, 2024, 06.36 AM IST
Turkey offers Iraq technical help to bolster border securityTurkey is discussing with Iraq to provide technical support in securing its borders against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). This follows...
25 Apr, 2024, 05.23 PM IST
Here's what to know about Sweden's bumpy road toward NATO membershipAfter over 200 years of neutrality, Sweden's bid to join NATO gains momentum, with Turkey's parliamentary approval. The shift comes post-Ru...
24 Jan, 2024, 01.30 PM IST
Turkey's president says no support for Sweden's NATO bidTurkey's president said Monday Sweden shouldn't expect support for NATO membership following weekend protests in Stockholm by an anti-Islam...
23 Jan, 2023, 10.08 PM IST
Turkey says hits nearly 500 Kurdish targets in Iraq, Syria"So far 471 targets have been struck and 254 terrorists were neutralised in the operation," Akar was quoted as saying by the official Anado...
23 Nov, 2022, 07.23 PM IST
Turkey greenlights Sweden, Finland's NATO bid, internal conflicts remainRounds of talks have been held in the past weeks at both Ankara and NATO headquarters in Brussels which aimed to resolve differences among ...
29 Jun, 2022, 06.27 AM IST
Turkey launches new cross-border ground and air offensive against Kurdish militants in Northern IraqOn Monday, Turkey’s Defence Minister Hulusi Akar, in his address to the nation via a video posted on the military’s website, announced that...
18 Apr, 2022, 10.08 PM IST
Turkish warplanes hit Kurdish militant targets in Iraq, Syria: Defence MinistryAll the planes taking part in the operation, which it said targeted the areas of Derik, Sincar and Karacak, subsequently returned to their ...
02 Feb, 2022, 10.08 AM IST
Turkey deported 8,500 terror suspects since Syrian war beganTerror suspects from 102 countries were expelled, including 44 from the US and 1,075 from EU states, according to a ministry statement. In ...
30 Oct, 2021, 10.42 PM IST
Syrian hospital hit in artillery attacks on Afrin, at least 13 killedAnkara condemned the missile attack it said was launched by the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, though the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the ...
13 Jun, 2021, 02.31 PM IST
Iraqi Kurds in border zone flee Turkey's hunt for Kurdistan Workers PartyErdogan is willing to move "Turkey's ongoing military confrontation with the PKK from Turkey to territory the PKK controls or transits thro...
09 Jun, 2021, 05.45 PM IST
Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey could target refugee camp deep inside IraqBut Erdogan said Makhmour, a camp 180 km south of the Turkish border which has hosted thousands of Turkish refugees for more than two decad...
02 Jun, 2021, 05.25 PM IST
Turkey says it will take over fight against IS after US pull-outFor Turkey, the step removes a source of friction with the United States. Erdogan has long castigated his NATO ally over its support for Sy...
22 Dec, 2018, 09.45 AM IST
Tensions between Kurdish groups are making the fight against ISIS a lot more complicatedBut Recip Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's authoritarian-minded president, also used the strikes against ISIS as cover for a Machiavellian power-pl...
04 Aug, 2015, 11.33 AM IST