Events

Three Turkish soldiers were killed and one was injured in an attack by the outlawed PKK militants in southeastern Turkey on May 4, the National Defense Ministry said.

Turkish security forces in April neutralized 180 YPG/PKK militants in domestic and cross-border operations.     

Turkish security forces have arrested a PKK militant in Istanbul, security sources said on May 1.

At least five people were killed and 13 others injured on May 1 after a bus crashed into a car in southeastern Turkey, officials said.     

Turkish airstrikes on April 27 hit PKK targets in northern Iraq, according to the Defense Ministry.

The European Union's statistics agency says more than 300,000 people were granted asylum within the bloc last year, a drop of almost 40 percent from 2017.
Eurostat said Thursday that around 333,400 people were deemed eligible for international protection, most of them Syrians, Afghans or Iraqis fleeing conflict or persecution.

A group of 50 PKK sympathizers invaded a building in London late April 24 where the offices of Turkish international news channel TRT World are located.

PKK and YPGmilitants who were attempting to infiltrate the vicinity of a military base in southeastern Turkey have been hit by Turkish air strikes, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on April 24.

It is a local extremist Islamic group.

At least four PKK militants were brought to Turkey from northern Iraq after they were nabbed in an intelligence operation, security sources said on April 22.