Kurdish Institute of Paris

Monday, 10 December, 2007

ANKARA: Turkey is considering amnesty for Kurdish rebels whose separatist drive has claimed more than 37,000 lives since 1984, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying yesterday.

All Things Considered,  Lana was a teenager when her family made a clandestine journey from Kurdistan to Israel.

Sunday, December 9, 2007 | Reviewed by Quil Lawrence

How a rebel group has tried to capture a people's aspirations.

Dec. 4, 2007 | Ben Lando, UPI Energy Editor

WASHINGTON,  The U.S. energy secretary "encouraged" the visiting Iraqi Kurdish region's oil minister to work with Shiite and Sunni Iraqis on a national oil law.

December 02, 2007 | By Abdel Hamid Zebari

ARBIL, Iraq (AFP) A leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) acknowledged on Sunday that rebel fighters had come under attack by Turkish helicopters inside Iraq but insisted they had suffered no casualties.

Sat December 1, 2007

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) -- The Turkish military said Saturday it attacked 50 to 60 Kurdish rebels inside Iraqi territory, inflicting "significant losses."

Friday, Nov. 16, 2007 | By AP/SELCAN HACAOGLU

(ANKARA, Turkey) ��" Turkish authorities on Friday took steps to ban the country's leading pro-Kurdish political party and expel several of its lawmakers from parliament on charges of separatism.

Fri Nov 16, 2007

Turkey will not send troops into northern Iraq against Kurdish separatists should the militants disarm, ruling AK Party members were quoted as saying on Friday, in an apparent change of tack aimed at ending the border crisis.

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.

The policy of the Presidency, the Government, and the political parties of the Kurdistan Region related to this issue can be summarized as follows: