Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 12:09 AFP — Turkey could launch military action into northern Iraqi at "any time", Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday but insisted it would solely target Kurdish separatists and not threaten Iraq.
Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 11:31 AFP — Turkey has no territorial designs on Iraq, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday, stressing that any military action in the country would only target the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 11:09 AFP — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown condemned Tuesday "terrorist violence" by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), after talks with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 11:06 AFP — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown condemned Tuesday "terrorist violence" by the Kurdistan Workers' Party, after talks with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 10:52 AFP — Turkey reassured Iraq on Tuesday that it wants a diplomatic solution to the problem of Kurdish rebel rear-bases but rejected a conditional ceasefire offer made by the guerrillas.
Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 10:12 AFP — Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan on Tuesday rejected a conditional ceasefire offer from the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), saying Ankara does not deal with a "terror" group.
Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 10:03 AFP — Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan on Tuesday put the emphasis on diplomatic moves to resolve the crisis over Kurdish rebels operating against Ankara from northern Iraq.
Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 09:53 AFP — Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari assured his Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan on Tuesday of Baghdad's active support in combatting the "menace" of Kurdish rebels.
Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 09:53 AFP — An AFPTV journalist, Guillaume Bonnet, recently made a documentary with Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) separatist Kurdish rebels in the mountains of northern Iraq.
Tuesday, 23 October, 2007 , 09:09 AFP — Amid a diplomatic push Tuesday to prevent Turkish military action in northern Iraq, both Ankara and Washington flagged the prospect of a joint US-Turkish strike against Kurdish separatists in the region.
