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Kurdish Leader Jailed For 42 Years Over 2014 Protests By Turkey Court
A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced an ex-leader of the pro-Kurdish HDP party to 42 years in prison for his alleged role in deadly 2014 protests that erupted as Islamic State group jihadists overran the Syrian town of Kobane.
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2 Kurdish Fighters Killed In Turkish Drone Strike In Iraq
A Turkish drone strike on Monday killed two members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the Iraqi Kurdish town of Ranya, Iraqi Kurdistan's counter-terrorism service said.
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10 Kurdish Terrorists Killed In Suspected Airstrike By Turkey On Iraq
Ten fighters from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed in air strikes on northern Iraq suspected to have been launched by Turkey, Iraqi Kurdish authorities said Thursday.
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Life Of Parties Behind, Hollywood Actor Fought ISIS. Now He's Marooned
Michael Enright's strange, sinuous meanderings have taken him on two harrowing tours of battle in Syria as a volunteer with the formerly U.S.-backed Kurdish militia. They also have thrust him into the byzantine pathways and switchbacks of the U.S. immigration system and, by his account, the wilds of international spy networks.
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"Hello Darling": Jailed Turkey Candidate Makes Speech Through Wife's Phone
Selahattin Demirtas on Wednesday issued his first, and possibly only, audio message of the campaign where he will challenge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, delivered in a telephone call received by his wife Basak.
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Bombs Kill 7 Near Iranian Kurdish Party Head Quarters In Iraq: Official
Twin bombings near the headquarters of an Iranian Kurdish opposition party killed seven people on Tuesday, a rare attack in Iraq's relatively secure autonomous Kurdish region, a senior security official said.
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Kurdish Terrorist Group Claims Istanbul Attacks: Statement
A Kurdish terrorist group on Sunday claimed responsibility for twin attacks that ripped through the heart of Istanbul, killing 38 people, mostly police.
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Almost No Doubt Kurdish Militants Were Behind Istanbul Attack: Turkish PM
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Sunday the government had "almost no doubt" the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) was behind a twin bombing that killed more than 30 people outside a soccer stadium in Istanbul.
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Turkish Deputy PM Says Kurdish Terrorist PKK May Be Behind Istanbul Attack
Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Sunday that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) may be behind the attack that killed 29 people and wounded 166 outside a soccer stadium in Istanbul.
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EU 'Extremely Worried' Over Turkey's Arrest Of Kurdish MPs
The EU is very concerned by Turkey's arrest of leaders and MPs from the country's main pro-Kurdish party and has contacted Ankara on the issue, the bloc's foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini said Friday.
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20 Wounded In Blast Near Police Building In Turkey
Around 20 people were wounded when a blast struck outside a police building early Friday in Turkey's southeastern city of Diyarbakir, the centre of the country's Kurdish community, security officials said.
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2 Soldiers, 20 Rebels Killed In Fighting In Turkey Kurdish Southeast
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels in the mountainous Daglica area of Hakkari province, which borders Iraq, detonated explosives on a road as a military vehicle passed, killing two soldiers and wounding a third, security sources said.
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Will Never Allow 'Artificial State' In North Syria, Proclaims Turkey PM
Turkey will never allow the formation of an "artificial state" in northern Syria, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said today, referring to the US-backed Kurdish fighters whose advance Ankara is now aiming to stop.
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Over 100 Kurdish Rebels 'Neutralised', Claims Turkey
More than 100 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants were either killed or wounded in clashes with Turkish security forces today, the military said.
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Airport In Turkey's Southeast Hit By Rocket Fire: Report
Kurdish terrorists on Saturday fired four rockets at the airport in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, without causing casualties, the Dogan news agency said.
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Kurdish Leader Jailed For 42 Years Over 2014 Protests By Turkey Court
A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced an ex-leader of the pro-Kurdish HDP party to 42 years in prison for his alleged role in deadly 2014 protests that erupted as Islamic State group jihadists overran the Syrian town of Kobane.
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2 Kurdish Fighters Killed In Turkish Drone Strike In Iraq
A Turkish drone strike on Monday killed two members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the Iraqi Kurdish town of Ranya, Iraqi Kurdistan's counter-terrorism service said.
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10 Kurdish Terrorists Killed In Suspected Airstrike By Turkey On Iraq
Ten fighters from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed in air strikes on northern Iraq suspected to have been launched by Turkey, Iraqi Kurdish authorities said Thursday.
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Life Of Parties Behind, Hollywood Actor Fought ISIS. Now He's Marooned
Michael Enright's strange, sinuous meanderings have taken him on two harrowing tours of battle in Syria as a volunteer with the formerly U.S.-backed Kurdish militia. They also have thrust him into the byzantine pathways and switchbacks of the U.S. immigration system and, by his account, the wilds of international spy networks.
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"Hello Darling": Jailed Turkey Candidate Makes Speech Through Wife's Phone
Selahattin Demirtas on Wednesday issued his first, and possibly only, audio message of the campaign where he will challenge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, delivered in a telephone call received by his wife Basak.
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Bombs Kill 7 Near Iranian Kurdish Party Head Quarters In Iraq: Official
Twin bombings near the headquarters of an Iranian Kurdish opposition party killed seven people on Tuesday, a rare attack in Iraq's relatively secure autonomous Kurdish region, a senior security official said.
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Kurdish Terrorist Group Claims Istanbul Attacks: Statement
A Kurdish terrorist group on Sunday claimed responsibility for twin attacks that ripped through the heart of Istanbul, killing 38 people, mostly police.
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Almost No Doubt Kurdish Militants Were Behind Istanbul Attack: Turkish PM
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said on Sunday the government had "almost no doubt" the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) was behind a twin bombing that killed more than 30 people outside a soccer stadium in Istanbul.
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Turkish Deputy PM Says Kurdish Terrorist PKK May Be Behind Istanbul Attack
Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Sunday that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) may be behind the attack that killed 29 people and wounded 166 outside a soccer stadium in Istanbul.
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EU 'Extremely Worried' Over Turkey's Arrest Of Kurdish MPs
The EU is very concerned by Turkey's arrest of leaders and MPs from the country's main pro-Kurdish party and has contacted Ankara on the issue, the bloc's foreign affairs head Federica Mogherini said Friday.
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20 Wounded In Blast Near Police Building In Turkey
Around 20 people were wounded when a blast struck outside a police building early Friday in Turkey's southeastern city of Diyarbakir, the centre of the country's Kurdish community, security officials said.
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2 Soldiers, 20 Rebels Killed In Fighting In Turkey Kurdish Southeast
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) rebels in the mountainous Daglica area of Hakkari province, which borders Iraq, detonated explosives on a road as a military vehicle passed, killing two soldiers and wounding a third, security sources said.
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Will Never Allow 'Artificial State' In North Syria, Proclaims Turkey PM
Turkey will never allow the formation of an "artificial state" in northern Syria, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said today, referring to the US-backed Kurdish fighters whose advance Ankara is now aiming to stop.
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Over 100 Kurdish Rebels 'Neutralised', Claims Turkey
More than 100 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants were either killed or wounded in clashes with Turkish security forces today, the military said.
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Airport In Turkey's Southeast Hit By Rocket Fire: Report
Kurdish terrorists on Saturday fired four rockets at the airport in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, without causing casualties, the Dogan news agency said.
