Friday, December 14, 2007 | ÜMİT ENGİNSOY WASHINGTON

Political solution, not military one, is desirable to eliminate PKK in both Turkey and Iraq, State Dept.'s counter-terrorism coordinator says

14 December 2007

Remarks made by Chief of General Staff Gen. Yaşar Büyükanıt, stating that he believes the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is "in Parliament," have been a source of legal and political controversy from the moment they were first uttered on Wednesday

December 14, 2007 | By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

For his poetic fourth feature, “Half Moon,” the Kurdish-Iranian writer and director Bahman Ghobadi returns to the breathtaking desolation of the Kurdish borderlands and the enduring optimism of his people.

Wednesday, 12 December 2007 | By The Globe- Erbil

Partnerships in academic research merely one goal of conference.

President Barzani speaks at Erbil education conference, addresses central government issues and universities' roles in developing society.

December 11, 2007 | By Paul Schemm, Associated Press Writer

LALESH, Iraq --Iraq's embattled Yazidi minority, the target of the worst single terrorist attack since the U.S.-led invasion, now is looking to the Kurdish regional government for protection.

12 December 2007 | Ilnur Cevik

Whatever it is called any new legislative measures to encourage youths to abandon the PKK and come down from the mountains should be supplemented by measures that eliminate the reasons why these people sought to join a terrorist group.

Monday, December 10, 2007 | James Palmer, Chronicle Foreign Service

Sulaymaniya, Iraq - The Kurdish region of northern Iraq has withstood the destruction of its villages and deadly gas attacks at the hands of Saddam Hussein. Now, as the semiautonomous Kurdish government strives to increase its independence, the region is coping with another adversary - cholera.

Friday, December 7, 2007

During yesterday's parliamentary session a debate was sparked during budget deliberations for 2008, with culture proving to be a significant bone of contention.

Wednesday, December 5, 2007  | By Gareth Jenkins

Evidence presented to the court during the trial of five youths accused of killing three Christians in the southeastern town of Malatya earlier this year have raised questions about the involvement of state officials in the murder.

Friday, December 7, 2007 | Cengiz ÇANDAR

  One of the critical outcomes of the July 22 general elections was that the Turkish National Assembly produced a result in line with the “justice in representation” principle and contributed to fortification of a democratic parliamentary system. One of the most striking indicators of the “representation capability” the assembly exhibited was the existence of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) in Parliament.