Kurdish–Turkish conflict

The Turkish government and Kurds are on the verge of starting political negotiations, according to British diplomat Jonathan Powell, who was one of Tony Blair's senior aides who took a crucial role during Northern Ireland's peace talks.

A German court has convicted a man of terrorism charges and sentenced him to six years in prison after finding he ran the finances in Europe of the outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK).
                   

Footage shown by the Italian website Globalist.it depicts members of the terror group preparing for a suicide attack against PKK positions in northern Syria.

As the website reports, Italian secret services confirmed the authenticity of the video, which means that the presence of foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq, fighting alongside jihadists, is also confirmed.

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy S?rr? Süreyya Önder and independent deputy Leyla Zana, a leading figure in the Kurdish political movement, will visit Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on ?mral? Island Prison, the party said in a press statement on March 5.

The names of historic Kurdish figures will be given to a number of schools in the southeastern Turkish province of Batman, Provincial Director of National Education Mehmet Çelik has said.

Actually, we first heard of this concept while flying for a tour of the Southeast Anatolia Project (GAP) in the presidential plane.

Main opposition Republican People?s Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu has described the recent talks - and tensions - between the government and the Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP), as little more than ?election propaganda.?

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) lead Devlet Bahçeli has likened the disarmament call by the jailed outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan to the Treaty of Sevres, which marked the defeat of the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I.

The Turkish government has reiterated its insistence that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) declare the laying down of arms by March 21, when the Nevruz holiday is marked.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has insistently argued that the latest call by the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) does not outline a precondition and is an explicit declaration of intent for the PKK's disarmament.