The Turkish Patent Institute (TPE) has not approved applications for beverage brand name “Cola Kurda” because it found resemblances to the emblem of the separatist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the product’s name and colors.

February 28, 2008 | By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. and MARK MAZZETTI

BAGHDAD —" Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates urged Turkish leaders on Wednesday to abandon their invasion of guerrilla-controlled lands in the northernmost reaches of Iraq by mid-March.

ARBIL, Iraq, Oct 23 (AFP) - 16h28 - Arab League chief Amr Mussa called for a new Iraq Sunday as he addressed the Kurdish parliament during a landmark visit aimed at drumming up support for a national reconciliation conference.

10 March 2008 | Yonca Poyraz DOĞAN

Abdülmelik Fırat, the founder of the pro-Kurdish Rights and Freedoms Party (HAK-PAR), has said military operations will not be enough to deal with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) unless democratic measures have been taken.

By SUZAN FRASER - The Associated Press - Friday, November 25, 2005

ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey vowed Friday to offer no tolerance for Kurdish militants despite concern over actions of its own security forces after a convicted rebel was allegedly targeted in a grenade attack earlier this month.

Friday February 1 2008 | Reuters | Editing by Anthony Barker

VIENNA, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Iraq has halted oil supplies to Austria's OMV AG in protest over a deal between the company and the Kurdish regional government, Iraq's oil minister said on Friday.

 Sunday, April 2, 2006
Unifying government, prime minister urged during Baghdad visit

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her counterpart, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, flew to Baghdad on Sunday for a visit aimed at jump-starting the process of forming a national unity government.

Official Election Results Are Announced; Negotiations Begin on Ruling Coalition

 By Nelson Hernandez and Omar Fekeiki - Washington Post Staff Writers - Saturday, January 21, 2006; 2:08 AM

BAGHDAD, Jan. 20 -- Official election results released Friday showed that an alliance of Shiite Muslim religious parties will remain the largest bloc in Iraq's parliament but will have to reach out to other factions to form a coalition government in the weeks ahead.

31 March 2008 | IHSAN DAGI

It is certainly interesting to note the coincidence between the emergence of the current crisis in Turkish politics and high hopes for a final solution to the Kurdish question.