Kashmir conflict

Pakistan on Aug. 26 thanked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for supporting his country's stance in the current crisis following India's decision to strip disputed Jammu and Kashmir region of its decades-long autonomy.

Members of Turkish non-governmental organizations (NGOs) gathered in front of the Indian Embassy in Ankara late on Aug. 23 to express their solidarity with the people of India-administered Jammu and Kashmir.

Pakistan's opposition leader thanked Turkish and Chinese leaders on Aug. 19 for their weigh behind his country in the current crisis of Jammu and Kashmir.

Turkey on Aug. 17 called on the United Nations to play a "more" active role in resolving the Jammu and Kashmir dispute within the framework of the UN resolutions.

Hundreds of people protested an unprecedented security crackdown and clashed with police on Aug. 16 in Indian-controlled Kashmir, as India's government said it was constantly reviewing the situation in the disputed region and the restrictions there will be removed over the next few days.

Turkey's National Assembly speaker on Aug. 9 spoke over the phone with the head of the Pakistan parliament and discussed the situation arising out of India's move to ditch the special status of the disputed Jammu Kashmir region.

Indian security forces have arrested more 500 people since New Delhi imposed a communications blackout and security clampdown in divided Kashmir, where people remained holed up in their homes for a fourth day.

Pakistan's ruling and opposition lawmakers on Aug. 7 thanked Turkey and China, for supporting their country's stance in the current crisis, involving Kashmir. 

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan vowed on Aug. 6 to challenge at the UN security council India's decision to strip Kashmir of its special autonomy, a move he warned could provoke conflict in the region.    

Indian authorities say they have detained three political leaders in Kashmir because they are a threat to peace, with the Muslim-majority region under lockdown following an explosive government move to revoke its special autonomy.