Kurdistan Workers' Party

The Turkish General Staff has extended its gratitude to the locals of Yukar?tütek village in Turkey's eastern province of A?r? for assisting with the evacuation of Turkish soldiers who were wounded during clashes with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the region on April 11. 

The first major debate heading to the June 7 elections has come in the wake of the first major clash between the Turkish military and outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in over two years.

Five militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed and four soldiers were injured in clashes in the eastern province of A?r? on April 11, Turkish military said.

Militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have opened fire on Turkish soldiers in the eastern province of A?r?, injuring four soldiers, Turkish military said in a statement on April 11. 

A statement to German TV channels made on April 9 by Cemil Bay?k, one of military leaders of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK), could prove to be the strongest response to imprisoned leader Abdullah Öcalan?s March 21 call to end the armed campaign launched against Turkey in 1984, in which more than 40,000 people have been killed to date.

A senior leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has extended his apology to Germany for the organization's violent actions in the country during the 1990s, adding they did not want to fight with Turkey anymore. 

Turkish political parties apparently took great pains while selecting their candidates in metropolitan cities such as Ankara, based on the lists they submitted to the Supreme Election Board (YSK) for the June 7 parliamentary elections. 

The fate of the Kurdish peace process depends on the election success of his party in the June 7 parliamentary election, Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) Co-chair Selahattin Demirta? has said, citing his party?s success as a potential facilitator in the laying down of arms by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK).

A Turkish prosecutor on April 8 requested the acquittal of a Dutch journalist specialising in Kurdish issues who was accused of "terrorist propaganda" for the oulawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
 
Frederike Geerdink, who is based in the Kurdish-majority southeastern city of Diyarbakir, had been briefly detained in January after authorities raided her home.
 

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party?s (PKK) jailed leader Abdullah Öcalan and the Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) reject the presidential system, the latter?s co-chair Selahattin Demirta? has said, stressing that such a move would mean putting all the fruits of the Kurdish movement?s labor at the service of President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an.