ANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The jailed leader of the terror organization PKK is suing Greece for failing to prevent his capture by Turkish officials in 1999, officials said.
MOSUL, Iraq, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Tensions between Kurds and Sunni Arabs in Iraqi Kurdistan may create a political vacuum for terrorist groups to gain a foothold in the region, officials say.
SANLIURFA, Turkey, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- A pipeline explosion caused by pressure problems left a large oil slick along the Turkey-Iraq border, Turkish officials say.
ANKARA, Turkey, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- A high-level Turkish political leader has suggested steps to resolve the country's ongoing dilemma with its independence-seeking Kurdish population.
ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- A total of 124 members of the Kurdistan Workers Party have fled the militant group since Turkey began attacking PKK bases in Iraq this month, the army says.
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- A Turkish lawyer says he is appealing prison sentences given his two clients who published a declaration from Kurdish separatists in their newspaper.
HELSINKI, Finland, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- A Helsinki, Norway, court ordered five men be remanded to police custody on suspicion of involvement in last week's firebombing of the Turkish Embassy.
ANKRA, Turkey, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Forty-two Kurdish rebels were killed in recent fighting with Turkish forces, including 25 in air strikes in northern Iraq, a Turkish army spokesman says.
ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- The Turkish Constitutional Court says Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party wasn't banned from the court due to implemented EU reforms.
ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Turkish officials Monday expressed interest in holding talks with U.S. and Iraqi officials on reining in militants with the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK.
ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Five Turkish soldiers died Thursday in an ambush by Kurdish rebels on a mini-bus with troops aboard in southern Turkey, Turkish military officials said.
ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A Turkish newspaper has published evidence it claims shows military officials knew Kurdish separatist rebels were preparing an attack that killed 17 soldiers.
ANTALYA, Turkey, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A Turkish Airlines plane from Antalya, Turkey, continued Wednesday to its destination in Russia after a hijacking attempt failed, airline officials said.
ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Turkish officials plan to visit Iraqi Kurdistan Tuesday to meet with top officials to discuss efforts at reining in the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK.
ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Turkish officials have held secret talks with leaders of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish zone on dealing with Kurdish separatists in Turkey, sources say.
