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"Minister Franziska, welcome to Ankara. The pleasure is ours. We are grateful for your visit and for the warm greetings from the Austrian Government." As the meeting settled, aides moved quietly around the room, placing steaming glasses of Turkish tea before the two principals and the...

Turkish security forces launched one of the largest counterinsurgency operations in recent years across the country's southeast this week, arresting more than 300 suspected Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants and supporters in a sweeping series of pre-dawn raids that authorities described...

The apartment was on the second floor of a building. The plaster was the colour of old teeth and the stairwell smelled of cooking oil and damp concrete. Yusuf had been using it for six weeks. He had never once turned the lights on from the street-facing side. Saro was already inside when he...

The street market in Cizre ran along the inside of a crumbling arcade. The stalls sold mobile phone cases, bootleg cigarettes, and cuts of lamb hanging in the open air with flies on them. Yusuf had been there forty minutes. Beside him, Ferhat leaned against the wall with his hands in the...

The field office was on the third floor of a building that officially housed a regional agricultural cooperative. The sign downstairs said so and nobody who worked upstairs thought much about it. The room had four desks, a corkboard that ran the length of the eastern wall, and a window that...

CNN Türk In a defiant speech to the National Assembly, Türkiye's PM vowed that the government "will not tire, will not waver" in its campaign against the militant group. Declaring: "The Turkish security forces will pursue you, in the mountains of Tunceli, in the camps of northern Iraq, wherever...

LIVE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY "Distinguished members of the Assembly, citizens of this Republic, I stand before you today not merely as your Prime Minister, but as a daughter of this nation, who has known its grief and who believes, with every part of herself, in its endurance. Yesterday morning...

The explosion came at half past ten in the morning, in full sunlight, on a road that connects the city of Tunceli and Batman. A car packed with explosives detonated alongside a Turkish military convoy moving through a district road on Tuesday, killing six soldiers and wounding three civilians...

ANKARA — When a PKK suicide bombing killed six soldiers in the Şırnak province last week, the Victory Party's leadership was first to the microphones, issuing a blistering statement placing blame squarely on Prime Minister Ayşe Çiller for what they described as years of failed security policy...

Mavi's Bird Watching Society Crazy footage from the South of Turkey. Looks like a lot of military assets around. Soldiers on the road told us to watch out for landmines! Crazy. @MaviBogaz

Turkish authorities deployed additional military units to the country's southeast on Tuesday after a series of attacks attributed to the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, left multiple police officers and soldiers dead, marking one of the most serious escalations of violence in the region in...

The noodle stall sat beneath a faded canvas awning, wedged between a pharmacy and a repair shop several streets from the safehouse. Steam rose from metal pots despite the afternoon heat, carrying the scent of broth, garlic, and fried shallots into the crowded street. Dila Rêdûr sat on a plastic...

The Republic of Türkiye strongly condemns the announcement made by the Confederal Government expressing support for the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and its political demands. The PKK is recognized as a terrorist organization by Türkiye and numerous members of the international community...

The corridor outside the conference room was narrow, and the aide had to press himself against the wall to allow two uniformed officers to pass before he could reach her. Ayşe stepped out quietly, the door closing behind her with a soft, deliberate click. The secure line had already been...

The message had come through the Bangkok cell at midday and by the time it reached Mazlum the sun was already low over the Syrian plain. The safe house outside Qamishli was a low concrete building set back from the road behind a stand of dead olive trees. The generator ran in the back room and...

The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has claimed responsibility for a large-scale attack on a Turkish military border position in the Aktütün area of Hakkari Province, describing the operation as a significant action against Turkish security forces in the region. According to statements released...

Dışişleri Bakanlığı Ministry of Foreign Affairs AUTHENTIC COMMUNIQUE OF THE OFFICE OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Security Clearance: Secure and Encrypted ŞİFRELEME KORUMASI: KAPLUĞA [Recipient]: Embassy of the State of Austria < Merzia > [Sender]: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Türkiye <...

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