Turkey threatens action unless US troops tackle Kurdish rebels in Iraq
LONDON, July 28 (AFP) - 3h42 - Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday threatened to take action against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq unless US-led forces intervene to stop them from crossing the border.
Iraq: Bush's Islamic Republic
Volume 52, Number 13 · August 11, 2005
By Peter W. Galbraith
On June 4, Jalal Talabani, president of Iraq, attended the inauguration of the Kurdistan National Assembly in Erbil, northern Iraq.
Turkish PM slams BBC, Reuters over Kurdish rebels
ANKARA, July 14 (AFP) - 17h25 - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out Thursday at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and the Reuters news agency, accusing them of having called the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) a "militia" in their news reports.
Turkish soldier seized by rebels
From BBC NEWS:Tuesday, 12 July, 2005
Iran`s new leader suspected in `89 attack
By William J. Kole, Associated Press
VIENNA, Austria — Austrian authorities have classified documents suggesting that Iran's president-elect may have played a key role in the 1989 execution-style slayings of an Iranian Kurdish leader and two associates in Vienna, a newspaper reported Saturday.
Iraqi court grills Saddam aides about crimes against Kurds
BAGHDAD, June 26 (AFP) - 18h42 - The Iraqi court charged with trying ousted leader Saddam Hussein on Sunday released footage of six of his lieutenants being interrogated about alleged crimes against Kurds.
Offer to deploy Kurdish militia against Iraq insurgents
BAQUBA, Iraq, June 25 (AFP) - 18h09 - The governor of a Kurdish province in northern Iraq offered Saturday to send Kurdish militiamen to help restore security in neighbouring areas ravaged by the persistent Sunni Arab insurgency.
Iraqi president rules out Kurdish independence as `unrealistic`
ANKARA, June 25 (AFP) - 13h07 - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani dismissed as "unrealistic" aspirations by Iraqi Kurds for independence in their northern enclave and urged Turkey to set aside its doubts and give backing to Kurds in the war-torn country.
Turkish writer picks up German Peace prize
23/06/2005 Deutsche Welle
Turkey’s best-selling novelist Orhan Pamuk has been awarded the German Book Trade’s Peace Prize, reflecting a growing awareness that many of the issues preoccupying Turkey these days have a profound global resonance.
Turkey urged to grant amnesty to Kurdish rebels to end conflict
ISTANBUL, June 22 (AFP) - 17h05 - A group of 300 Kurdish intellectuals urged Ankara Wednesday to grant amnesty to Kurdish rebels fighting the army in Turkey's southeast region in a bid to stop increasing bloodshed in the region.
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