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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

The Turkish Ministry of Defense announces that a Turkish soldier was killed in clashes with the Kurdistan Workers' Party in Duhok Governorate, Iraq.
2024-09-9

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.
2018-04-10

At least six Turkish soldiers are killed and four others are wounded in a PKK attack in Turkey's eastern Van Province.
2016-05-24

The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) warns Turkey it is preparing to intensify its fight.
2016-04-25

Twelve Turkish academics are detained for signing a declaration opposing military action against Kurdistan Workers Party forces in southeast Turkey.
2016-01-15

Fighting continues to rage between the Turkish Army and PKK militants across southeastern Turkey, with the Kurdish-majority cities of Cizre and Silopi both becoming war zones as street-to-street fighting takes place. Turkish tanks shelled civilian houses in Silopi, while a Turkish military helicopter was damaged by PKK fire as it attempted to land in Cizre. Also, two Turkish soldiers were killed and six others wounded in a roadside bombing near the town of Bitlis. Many within Turkey are saying a civil war is now underway.
2015-12-21

Turkey bombs PKK sites in northern Iraq after a bombing yesterday in Hakkâri Province that killed at least 16 soldiers.
2015-09-8

Jailed Kurdistan Workers' Party leader Abdullah Öcalan makes historic calls for dialogue with Turkey after almost thirty years of violent conflict.
2013-03-21

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