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Kurdish militants 'stop operations' after Turkey earthquake

A Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader said the decision has been taken to not conduct any operation as long as the Turkish state does not attack

Turkey summons French envoy after Paris shooting

Friday's shooting was followed by days of protests by Kurdish groups and their supporters in the French capital. Some of the protesters waved flags of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) -- designated as a terrorist organisation by Turkey and its Western allies

Turkish President's aide blames Paris unrest after shooting on PKK

The street protest broke out Friday after a 69-year-old white French gunman opened fire at a Kurdish cultural centre in Paris, killing three

Why is Turkey talking to Russia for using airspace in northern Syria?

On 13 November an explosion rocked a busy street in central Istanbul killing six and leaving around 80 others wounded. Turkey has blamed Syrian Kurdish Militia YPG, which operates from northern Syria, for the attack

Explained: The PKK, the terror group, blamed by Turkey for Istanbul bombing

The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is blacklisted as a terror group by the European Union, Turkey and the United States. It has waged a deadly insurgency against the Turkish state since 1984. It has been blamed for the bomb attack in Istanbul on Monday that killed six people and injured more than 80

Turkey 'rejects' US condolences over Istanbul attack, here's why

Turkish police said the chief suspect is a Syrian woman working for Kurdish militants. At least six people were killed in the blast on Sunday

Istanbul blast: Turkey accuses Kurdish group of attack that claimed six lives

The PKK, blacklisted as a terrorist group by Ankara and its Western allies, has kept up a deadly insurgency for Kurdish self-rule in southeastern Turkey since the 1980s

Andrew Brunson row: Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey won't be cowed by US sanctions as lira dips drastically

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey will not be cowed by the US over the Andrew Brunson row

Turkish-led forces capture Kurdish town of Afrin, seizure likely to have repercussions on Syrian civil war

The capture of Afrin from the Kurds by Turkish-led fighters on Sunday could have major repercussions for Syria's protracted war

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Syrian military operation against Kurds would stretch as far as Iraq

Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkish forces would sweep Kurdish fighters from the Syrian border and could push all the way east to the frontier with Iraq — a move which risks a possible confrontation with US forces allied to the Kurds