Autonomous regions

British Ambassador to Ankara Richard Moore has called on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to end violence immediately so as to resume the peace process and solve the Kurdish issue.

Noting a recent meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Yalç?n Akdo?an, the ambassador said they had a fruitful meeting. 

Smoke rises as crude oil is heated in Rmeilan oil field of Syria's Hasakeh province, where the Kurds, having fought off jihadists, are extracting and refining oil for the first time.
 
Located in the middle of the desert in the northeastern province of the war-torn country, Rmeilan is Syria's largest oil field in terms of surface area.
 

The horrific attack at Suruç and on the same day the armed clash at Ad?yaman came at a time when some kind of happiness, reconciliation and ease was about to arrive in the country? Before being able to enjoy any of them, a disaster happens.

Kurdish militants will attack Turkey's dam construction sites in the mainly Kurdish southeast, the group said in a statement late on July 11, another blow to a fragile peace process meant to end a three-decade insurgency. 

Kurdish forces have prevented displaced Arabs from returning to disputed areas of Iraq that Kurdish leaders want to incorporate in their autonomous region over Baghdad's objections, a report said Feb. 26.
     

Turkey is seeking a new Middle East that will be a home for Turks, Kurds and Arabs together, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has said, while pledging success in the ongoing efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Kurdish issue.

The resistance in Kobane and the following protests on Oct. 6-7 in Turkey have confronted us with the weaknesses of the peace process in Turkey, as well as the new reality in the region.

The highly anticipated corridor for the Peshmarga fighters has finally opened and they have marched into Turkish soil to move into Kobane. It all looked like a long wedding procession. As BBC and CNN International broadcast the crossing, ordinary Turks who only watch TV series or football matches were not able to see even a glimpse of it on their favorite channels.