Kurdish–Turkish conflict

Amid mass detentions of hundreds of suspected members of both the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) as well as of other militant groups in coordinated dawn raids, both the president and the prime minister of Turkey have pledged further action against all outlawed groups, arguing separately the country's recent wave of violence have actua

Turkish authorities detained nearly 300 people as police launched large-scale raids to arrest suspected members of Islamic State (IS), the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and other militant groups on Friday.

The raids became necessary after a wave of deadly violence has recently gripped the country, claiming the lives of several security officers.

The Turkish Prime Ministry has set up a coordination center for operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) following the deadly jihadist attack in the border town of Suruç on July 20.

Thousands of police officers have launched raids to arrest suspected members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) following a wave of deadly violence in Turkey, killing one suspect and detaining more than 290 others.

Thousands of police officers have launched raids to arrest suspected members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) following a wave of deadly violence in Turkey, killing one suspect.

Thousands of police officers have launched raids to arrest suspected members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) following a wave of deadly violence in Turkey.

The governor of Kilis, a Turkish city along the 910 km border with Syria, announced on July 23 that one soldier was killed and two other wounded as a result of open fire from the Syrian side.

Suruç is a small but very mysterious place to be. It has one big street that hosts both the Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) town headquarters and the police station only 300 meters apart from each other. When we were there last year, during the first influx of refugees from Kobane, families were camping in the yard of the Amara Cultural Center grounds.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an criticized the Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) for not denouncing the Kurdistan Workers? Party?s (PKK) killing of two policemen in Turkey?s southeastern Anatolian region on July 22. 

A prominent Turkish journalist has been sacked over a social media post on the grounds that he anonymously criticized Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an over the July 20 Suruç bombing.