BRUSSELS, July 28 (UPI) -- Turkey awards a $4 billion submarine deal to German HDW-MFI; Switzerland gaining ground on arms market; Hugo Chavez goes defense shopping in Russia; Saudis seek to lure Russia away from Iran with arms deals.

ANKARA, Turkey, July 9 (UPI) -- The fight against the Kurdistan Workers' Party will go on until the organization ceases to operate, Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul said Wednesday.

ANKARA, Turkey, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged Turkey to end its incursion into northern Iraq quickly but Turkish officials said they would take as long as needed.

MANAMA, Bahrain, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Turkey remains deeply concerned by ongoing developments in neighboring Iraq and opposes any division of the country, Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul told a security symposium gathered in the capital of the Gulf kingdom of Bahrain last weekend.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- As Washington, Baghdad and Ankara intensively seek a last-minute diplomatic solution to Turkey's intention to invade Iraqi Kurdistan to deal a decisive blow to Kurdistan Workers Party guerrillas, the ominous consequences of an invasion are becoming clearer.

ANKARA, Turkey, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Turkish President Abdullah Gul approved a list of prospective Cabinet members on Wednesday in one of his first acts as the nation's new leader.