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Peace, War and the Turkish Media
Post Views: 7 There is much talk these days, and rightly so, about the need to challenge and defeat censorship in Turkey. The media are hitting out once again at the government and military for establishing a de facto control
Read MoreTurkey to boost its troop presence in northern Iraq 0
Post Views: 8 ERCAN YAVUZ ANKARA Sixteen warplanes participated in aerial raids against terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party hideouts in northern Iraq in the second day of the military operations on Thursday. Turkey is preparing to take the fight against the
Read MoreTurkey bombs Iraqi Kurdistan for second day 0
Post Views: 9 Warplanes took off for second day of bombing Between 12 and 16 Turkish warplanes took off from Diyarbak?r, on Thursday around 6.30pm heading for the second day in a row towards the Kurdish Federal Region. The second
Read MoreTurkish military attacks PKK camps in Iraq for 2nd day 0
Post Views: 2 TODAYSZAMAN Turkey has continued a heavy air and artillery assault with 16 warplanes on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorist organization targets in northern Iraq starting from 10 p.m. Turkish time on Thursday for the 2nd
Read MorePresident Gül says Turkey not waiting for end of Ramadan to fight terror 0
Post Views: 6 TODAYSZAMAN President Abdullah Gül Commenting on the killing of eleven soldiers and a village guard in Turkey’s southeast by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists on Wednesday and recent remarks by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, who said
Read MoreTurkish warplanes bomb South Kurdistan 0
Post Views: 7 Kandil council Youth centre hit by Turkish planes At least 15 Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish guerrilla positions in South Kurdistan. The planes set off from Diyarbakir in the afternoon. Since 1pm the unmistakable noise of the F-16
Read MoreThis is not the road to peace, says Tu?luk 0
Post Views: 10 Commenting on Prime Minister remarks, Van deputy says Erdo?an chosing war DTK (Democratic Society Congress) co-chair and Van MP Aysel Tu?luk has responded to the Prime Minister remarks. Speaking about recent clashes and losses suffered by the
Read MoreExcavation resumed in Çemi?gezek – PART TWO 0
Post Views: 11 Locals say there are at least 55 people buried in the fields of Çemi?gezek Link to part OneThe road is still bumpy. The landscapes still breathtaking. Cemisgezen is nearing, hearts start beating faster and faster. Eyes begin
Read MoreÇemi?gezek, horror of the war against Kurds – PART ONE 0
Post Views: 5 After 23 years families of Kurdish guerrillas found remains of their beloved in mass graves in Çemi?gezek Çemi?gezek/Dersim. The meeting point is at 6 in the morning in Seit Riza Square, central Dersim. The air is breezy,
Read MoreBanned Kurdish deputy appeals election body decision in European court 0
Post Views: 6 TODAYSZAMAN The lawyer of a Kurdish deputy who was in June stripped of his right to assume his post in Parliament by Turkey’s Supreme Election Board (YSK) on Friday appealed the board’s decision at the European Court
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