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Baghad accuses Kurds of ‘declaration of war’

BAGHDAD: Baghdad said on Sunday that foreign Kurdish forces were present in the province of Kirkuk in what amounted to a "declaration of war",...

Erdogan says Turkey will ‘fight terrorism to the end’

ISTANBUL: Turkey observed a day of mourning Sunday after twin bombings killed 38 people near an Istanbul football stadium in attacks authorities said were...

Shots fired at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport, two men detained

ISTANBUL: Turkish authorities briefly barred cars from entering and leaving Istanbul's main Ataturk Airport on Sunday after police fired shots when a motorcycle refused...

Eight killed, over 100 wounded by PKK bombing Turkey’s southeast: PM

DIYARBAKIR: Eight people were killed, including two police, and over 100 wounded in a car bombing by Kurdish militants in the southeastern Turkish city of...

Turkey police detain co-leaders of main pro-Kurdish party

ISTANBUL: Turkish police on Friday detained the two co-leaders of the country's main pro-Kurdish party, the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), as part of a...

18 killed in truck bomb attack on soldiers in southeast Turkey

ANKARA: Eighteen people were killed Sunday when a van packed with five tonnes of explosives blew up in Turkey's restive southeast in an attack blamed...

Car bomb kills 11 at police headquarters in Turkey

ANKARA/KARKAMIS, TURKEY: A car bomb at a police headquarters in Turkey's largely Kurdish southeast killed at least 11 and wounded dozens on Friday, ministers said, two days after Turkey launched an incursion against Islamic State and Kurdish militia fighters in Syria.

At least 50 killed in Turkey wedding attack near Syria border

ANKARA: At least 50 people were killed and dozens more wounded late Saturday in an attack possibly carried out by a suicide bomber on a wedding party in the Turkish city of Gaziantep near the Syrian border, officials said.

Six dead as Kurdish guerrillas intensify bombing campaign in Turkey

ANKARA, TURKEY: Eastern Turkey was rocked by two deadly bombings against police as Kurdish guerrillas launched a new campaign of attacks targeting areas that are not predominantly Kurdish.

Seven killed in two explosions in southeast Turkey

DIYARBAKIR: At least seven civilians were killed on Wednesday in two separate bomb attacks blamed on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in Turkey's southeast, a regional security source said.

Timeline: Major bomb attacks in Turkey

ISTANBUL: At least 41 people died in a triple suicide bombing at Istanbul's international airport on Tuesday, the latest in a series of attacks that have claimed at least 260 lives over the past year.

Car bomb hits Turkey police station in Kurdish region

ANKARA: A car bomb ripped through a police station on Wednesday in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, injuring several people a day after 11 were killed in an attack in Istanbul, state-run Anatolia news agency said.

Car bomb targeting police in Istanbul kills 11, wounds 36

ISTANBUL: A car bomb ripped through a police bus in central Istanbul during the morning rush hour on Tuesday, killing 11 people and wounding 36 near the main tourist district, a major university and the mayor's office.

Bomb attack targeting police rocks Turkish city of Diyarbakir

ANKARA: Three people killed and 22 wounded as a car bomb attack targeting police rocked the majority-Kurdish Turkish city of Diyarbakir.

One killed, 47 injured in Turkey car bombing: source

DIYARBAKIR: A car bomb exploded at a military post in Turkey's restive Kurdish-dominated southeast, killing a soldier and wounding nearly 50 people, a military source said on Tuesday.

Turkey arrests 2 would-be Islamic State suicide bombers: report

ISTANBUL: Authorities in southern Turkey have arrested two men suspected of preparing to carry out suicide bombings for the Islamic State (IS) group, which has staged two attacks in Istanbul this year, reports said Tuesday.

Turkish military strikes PKK in northern Iraq, kills 24 militants

DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY: Turkish warplanes struck Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq and killed 24 PKK fighters in southeast Turkey on Thursday, the army said, as the militants launched a car bomb attack on a military installation in the region.

Clashes in Turkey’s main Kurdish city after vote

DIYARBAKIR: Turkish police fired tear gas and water cannon at Kurdish militants who were protesting after Sunday's election appeared to deliver a clear victory to the Justice and Development Party (AKP), an AFP photographer said.

Roadside bomb kills 2 soldiers in Turkey – sources

DIYARBAKIR: Two Turkish soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle in the province of Tunceli, security sources said on Sunday, bringing the military death toll in two days of violence in the predominantly Kurdish east to six.

At least 86 dead in attack on Ankara peace rally

ANKARA: At least 86 people were killed Saturday when two explosions ripped through groups of leftist and pro-Kurdish activists gathering for an anti-government peace rally in the Turkish capital Ankara.

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