Democratic Union
HDP leader says gov't eager to declare war against Syrian Kurds
The government apparently isn't satisfied with ongoing conflict in the country and seems to be eager to declare war against the Syrian Kurdish region, Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirta? has said.
How can ISIL, PKK and Assad unite?
In yesterday's Hürriyet Daily News, the headline story came from a statement by President Tayyip Erdo?an: "ISIL, PKK, Syria intelligence behind Ankara bombing." The president had spoken at a gathering of trade unions, touching upon the recent horrible suicide bombing in Ankara that killed more than 100 people.
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ISIL, PKK, Syria intelligence behind Ankara bombing, Erdo?an says
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has reiterated Turkey?s belief that the 10 October Ankara Massacre was committed by a medley of mutually antagonistic entities, including extreme jihadists and Kurdish militants.
Turkey Hasn't Asked for 'Substantial' NATO Help - Stoltenberg
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday that Turkey has not asked the Alliance for "substantial military support" in its fight against the Islamic State group and Kurdish militants.
"Turkey has a very strong army and very strong security forces. So there has been no request for any substantial NATO military support," AFP quoted Stoltenberg as saying in an interview with the BBC.
Turkey and the US meet halfway
?We are exchanging messages with the PYD [Democratic Union Party]. Our dialogue channels are open. The course of Turkey?s relations with the PYD depends on their attitude. Tal Abyad is a test case for them.?
These words came out of the mouth of a high level official in Ankara amidst allegations that Turkey is about to intervene in northern Syria, which is dominated by the PYD.
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Zvornik Terror Debate Divides Bosnian MPs
Bosnia's House of Representatives adopted an official statement about the recent attack on a police station in the eastern town of Zvornik after almost a day of ethnically-charged debates.
On Thursday evening, MPs adopted a conclusion condemning the attack on Zvornik police station as a terrorist act.
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Romanian Hungarians Continue Demands for More Rights
"We want to continue to represent the interests of our community, meaning increased rights in education, justice and local administration," said Kelemen Hunor, who was reelected as president of the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians, UDMR at the weekend.
Veselinovic: Gotovina's appointment is part of HDZ campaign
BELGRADE - Chairman of the Serbian Parliament's Committee on the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region Janko Veselinovic said Monday that the appointment of Ante Gotovina as an advisor to Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic is not the kind of news to which the Serbs in Croatia and Serbia could be indifferent.
World Conservatives Hold Solidarity Meeting in Bosnia
An international alliance of conservative parties, the International Democratic Union, IDU, held the meeting of its Executive Committee and Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs in Bosnia on Monday, in a sign of support to its local member parties and to the new EU plan for the country.
Turkish President Erdoğan complains of cacophony in US
Although Turkeyâs view of the battle over the Syrian border town of Kobane is extremely clear, it is not possible to say the same for U.S. officials in Washington, President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan has maintained, as he portrayed the U.S. capital city in cacophony of contradicting statements on Kobane.