Nilay Vardar bianet interviewed Prof. Dr. Erol Katırcıoğlu following Vice PM Beşir Atalay’s words “I am desiring that the new delegation will directly with [PKK stakeholders in] Qandil” regarding the ...

At the weekend the military said it destroyed 14 PKK targets in air strikes. "We have started our operations on Qandil," Erdogan said during an election rally in the central province of Nigde.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday Turkey would not allow Sinjar to be the “new Qandil” for the PKK terrorist organization, Anadolu reported. Speaking at a ceremony for relatives of ...

Turkish warplanes have struck a meeting of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Iraq's Qandil mountains, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, adding that Ankara believed high ...

The case against human rights defender Tahmaz and Birgün newspaper official Çeşmecioğlu has reached its final stage. The defendants stand trial for an interview with PKK executives. The final verdict ...

The PKK had said it would lay down its arms and disband back in May. However, it is not clear when this process will begin and how long it will take.

Battered by Turkey’s army, PKK guerrillas sought refuge in Iraq’s Qandil mountains where they were bombed by Ankara’s air force. In 2005, the PKK began negotiations with Mr Erdogan on ...

In addition, Turkish jet fighters attacked the PKK base in the Qandil mountains and the villages at the foot of the Qandil daily from the outset and once or twice weekly thereafter for months. This ...

The PKK has sought to create an independent Kurdish state on Turkish soil, where the Kurds make up some 20% of Turkey's 86 million population. The U.S., the European Union and Turkey have ...

Yildiz told reporters Turkey owns blocks it wants to explore in the foothills of the Qandil mountains, a remote corner of Kurdish-run northern Iraq dominated by the PKK, which is negotiating a ...