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The Kurdistan Workers' Party announces that it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey and moving them to Iraq as part of ongoing peace talks with the Turkish government. 2025-10-26
Iraq's National Security Council formally bans the Kurdistan Workers' Party following a high-level meeting between Iraqi and Turkish officials in Baghdad, Iraq. 2024-03-14
An appeals court in Turkey hands opposition Peoples' Democratic Party MP Burcu Çelik Özkan a sentence of more than seven years in prison for terrorism propaganda. She had previously received a six-year sentence for pro-Kurdistan Workers' Party activity, but the case has been retried following an appeal. [https:--ahvalnews.com-hdp-turkish-appeals-court-sentences-opposition-parliamentarian-seven-years (Ahval News)]Terrorism in Turkey2018-04-10
A car bomb, targeting an armored vehicle transporting police personnel, explodes close to a bus terminal in the Bağlar district of Diyarbakır, Turkey, killing at least seven police officers and wounding 27 more people, including 13 officers, according to a joint statement by Turkish officials and the police. The attack comes one day before Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu's scheduled visit to the city. There has been no claim of responsibility. CNN points out both Kurdish rebels and ISIL militants have claimed similar recent incidents. 2016-03-31
Clashes continue between PKK militants and Turkish Army troops in the Kurdish-majority city of Diyarbakır in southeastern Turkey. At least one Turkish soldier is killed and several are wounded in a bomb attack. 2015-12-23
A clash in Turkey's Kars Province kills a Turkish Army soldier and three PKK militants. 2015-08-16
A suicide attack by the PKK kills two Turkish Army soldiers and injures 24 others in the Turkish town of Doğubeyazıt in Ağrı Province near the Iran border. 2015-08-2
In the wake of recent terrorist attacks in southern Turkey, up to 10,000 soldiers of the Turkish Army advance into northern Iraq, pursuing Kurdish separatist PKK militants. 2011-10-20
Turkish air force strikes kill four members of the PKK in Northern Iraq. [http:--old.news.yahoo.com-s-nm-20110904-wl_nm-us_turkey_kurds (Yahoo)]date=August 2019 2011-09-5
Five people are killed and 12 injured in a bus bomb in Istanbul, Turkey. Kurdish rebels later claim responsibility for the attack. 2010-06-22