Turkish minister issues warning to pro-Kurdish party
 Thursday, November 8, 2007
Sahin had earlier said he could not be happy at the release of the eight prisoners as it was unfortunate that they had been captured in the first place.
Statement from the Presidency of the Kurdistan Region: The continuing crisis between Turkey and PKK
 23 octobre 2007
The policy of the Presidency, the Government, and the political parties of the Kurdistan Region related to this issue can be summarized as follows:
Turkey's identity crisis
 October 23, 2007 | By Ralph Peters
Domestic conflicts are steering the country toward a battle with Iraq’s Kurds. The fallout could hurt not only Ankara and the United States, but the entire region.
Turkey's Wise Hesitation
 Tuesday, October 23, 2007
An invasion of northern Iraq would benefit no one but Kurdish extremists.
Petraeus concern for Turkey raid in Iraq
 Tuesday, 23 October 2007
The top US military commander in Iraq, Gen David Petraeus, tells BBC diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus of his fears about a possible Turkish raid in the autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq.
In Iraq, Conflict Simmers on a 2nd Kurdish Front
 October 23, 2007 | By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.
BAGHDAD, Oct. 22 — Deadly raids into Turkey by Kurdish militants holed up in northern Iraq are the focus of urgent diplomacy, with Turkey threatening invasion of Iraq and the United States begging for restraint while expressing solidarity with Turkish anger.
Make Walls, Not War
 October 23, 2007 | Op-Ed Contributor | By PETER W. GALBRAITH Townshend, Vt.
IN a surge of realism, the Senate has voted 75-23 to acknowledge that Iraq has broken up and cannot be put back together. The measure, co-sponsored by Joe Biden, a Democratic presidential candidate, and Sam Brownback, Republican of Kansas, supports a plan for Iraq to become a loose confederation of three regions — a Kurdish area in the north, a Shiite region in the south and a Sunni enclave in the center — with the national government in Baghdad having few powers other than to manage the equitable distribution of oil revenues.
Turkey weighs PKK raid response
 Monday, October 22, 2007
The Turkish government is weighing calls for action against international pressure for restraint, after Kurdish separatist fighters killed 17 Turkish soldiers and captured several more.
Turkish Prime Minister warns US: we will attack Kurdish rebels in Iraq
October 21, 2007 | Martin Fletcher and Suna Erdem Recep Tayyip Erdogan tells The Times that he needs nobody’s permission to defend his country
Turkish threats
 October 19, 2007
A DANGEROUS dynamic was set in motion Wednesday with the vote of Turkey's Parliament to authorize a military operation in the Kurdish region of Iraq against the guerrilla band of Turkish Kurds known as the PKK.
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