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WASHINGTON - Spurred by the deployment of at least 100,000 troops along Turkey's border with Iraq, the administration of US President George W Bush is pressing its closest clients in Iraqi Kurdistan to crack down hard against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which Washington c …
On Sunday, a PKK attack in the Hakkiri province of southeastern Turkey resulted in the deaths of 12 Turkish soldiers, and the abduction of eight more. Seventeen soldiers were wounded, and 32 PKK terrorists were killed.
What began yesterday with a seed has now become a much larger story, with Turkey massing troops at the Iraqi border. It would appear that an incursion into Iraqi territory is imminent. The incursion is not an invasion of Kurdistan, nor is it directed at the Iraqi Kurd Population.
Business, finance and political circles in the United States, the European Union and within Turkey itself reacted positively to the victory of the conservative Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP) led by Recep Tayyip Erdogan in national elections held Sunday.
The biggest appeal of conspiracy theories is also their biggest weakness: They seem to have the power to explain everything. And that makes them nothing but irrelevant to explain phenomena in a convincing way.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister, could find his campaign promise of EU membership derailed by Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, who opposes Ankara's entry in the Union.
In line with earlier Monitor predictions, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) is heading for an historic election victory.
Turkish politics take a lot of patience and insight to decipher. Three months ago, the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan appeared to be sailing plain seas on the back of significant economic stability and growth. Then, something happened and things turned upside down.
A beginner's guide to Turkey's elections
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Friday reaffirmed Turkey's right to send troops into Iraq to crush Kurdish rebels there and chided U.S. officials for questioning it.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has openly described the current situation in Iraq as a "civil war" and said the United States should set a timetable to withdraw its forces from the country.
Matt Bryza, the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, expressed strong objection to rumors of a possible military coup in Turkey. "I can't imagine why that need [for a military intervention] would arise at this point.
Facing troubles in its bid to join the European Union over Cyprus, Turkey is bracing for stepped-up diplomacy in the Middle East.
After a thorny and protracted preparation process, Pope Benedict XVI is starting his historic visit to Turkey today. Benedict, who succeeded the late John Paul II as the spiritual leader of the world's 1.1 billion Roman Catholics in a post-Sept.
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's unavailability to meet with Pope Benedict XVI during his three-day visit starting on Tuesday is another twist in the controversy surrounding the papal visit to that country.
A majority of Turks do not want Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to run for the presidency in next May's election, according to a poll published on Thursday.
Thousands have marched through the Turkish capital, Ankara, vowing to defend Turkey's secular state against rising Islamic sentiment within the ruling AK Party.
ANKARA -- The Turkish press Wednesday questioned the competence of high-level security staff after an unconscious Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was accidentally locked in his car while being taken to hospital for low blood sugar.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan reacted harshly to France, whose parliament is about to debate a draft bill penalizing anyone who denies that the events of 1915 amounted to a genocide.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with U.S. President George W. Bush yesterday to discuss cooperation against radicalism and extremism and efforts to counter terrorism.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said yesterday that he sees that the United States has a firm position on fighting terrorism and urged U.S. President George W. Bush to show the same resolve against global terror in Turkey's region.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan phoned U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and U.S. President George W.
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan rapped the United States on Tuesday for tolerating Israel's attacks on its enemies in Lebanon while refusing to allow Ankara to crush Kurdish rebels hiding in northern Iraq.
Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul yesterday had talks on terrorism with his British counterpart, Margaret Beckett, reported the Anatolia news agency.
The decision to launch a cross-border operation can only be taken by the relevant institutions in Turkey, not the ambassador of the United States, says Prime Minister Erdogan
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