PKK triumphant as Ankara retreats from Northern Iraq



Monday, March 3, 2008 | By David Romano

After only eight days, Turkey abruptly ended its military incursion into Iraqi Kurdistan on Friday February 29. The withdrawal of Turkish troops caught many observers, as well as the Turkish public, by surprise.


  

Kurdish politicians boycott Turkish prime minister's speech to protest government policies



May 27, 2008 | The Associated Press

ANKARA, Turkey: Kurdish politicians boycotted a major speech by Turkey's prime minister on Tuesday to protest what they say is the government's refusal to recognize the country's Kurdish minority.


  

In Kirkuk, Ethnic Strife Takes Toll



February 25, 2008 | By Gina Chon

KIRKUK, Iraq -- As Turkish troops pursue Kurdish rebels inside Iraq, an ethnic political dispute is heating up in this largely Kurdish town where the country's northern oil industry is based.


  

Barzani chosen as Kurdish regional president in Iraq


ARBIL, Iraq, June 12 (AFP) - 12h18 - Massoud Barzani, son of the father of Kurdish nationalism Mullah Mustafa Barzani, was formally selected Sunday as president of Iraqi Kurdistan at a landmark event attended by dignitaries from home and abroad.

  

Turkish journalists accused of helping Kurd rebels


  03 Mar 2006 13:24:18 GMT
TUNCELI, Turkey, March 3 (Reuters) - A Turkish court heard charges on Friday that nine journalists and human rights workers, including a reporter for Reuters, had given help to Kurdish rebel fighters.

  

After Sistani, Arab League chief Mussa woos Iraq's Kurds


ARBIL, Iraq, Oct 22 (AFP) - 18h40 - Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa flew Saturday to the Kurdish city of Arbil in northern Iraq for an historic visit to the autonomous region, saying he had always been close to Kurds.


  

Iraqi politicians agree deal on sharing oil, says Kurd minister



Thursday June 21, 2007 | Michael Howard in Sulaymaniya

Iraq's Kurdish leaders said last night they had struck an important deal with the central government in Baghdad over a law to divide up Iraq's oil revenues, which is seen by the Bush administration as one of the benchmarks in attempts to foster national reconciliation.


  

Erdogan Plays Down Threat to Iraq



October 17, 2007 | By ALISSA J. RUBIN

BAGHDAD, Oct. 16 - With tensions high along the Iraqi-Turkish border as the Turkish government seeks parliamentary approval for military raids into northern Iraq, the Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said today that the approval would not necessarily immediately be followed by military action.


  

Kurds flee homes as Iran shells Iraq's northern frontier



Michael Howard in Qandil Mountain
Friday August 18, 2006

Turkey and Iran have dispatched tanks, artillery and thousands of troops to their frontiers with Iraq during the past few weeks in what appears to be a coordinated effort to disrupt the activities of Kurdish rebel bases.


  

The Kurdish Front



February 5, 2008 | Commentary | By DAVID L. PHILLIPS

Continued democratization and economic development is the best way for Turkey to drain the swamp of domestic support for the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).