Kurdistan Workers' Party

A much-anticipated letter from jailed outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan that will be read out during Nevruz celebrations in Diyarbak?r will be ?historic,? according to Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) Istanbul deputy S?rr? Süreyya Önder.

A five-member delegation will meet Abdullah Öcalan, the jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK), March 14 on ?mral? Island where Öcalan is serving a life sentence.

The rise of the Kurdish problem-focused Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) in recent polls has started to put pressure on the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) and President Tayyip Erdo?an, as Turkey heads to parliamentary elections on June 7.

Discussions between parties involved in Turkey?s Kurdish peace process accelerated in the run-up to Nevruz, March 21, which the government has highlighted as a potential milestone for the bid ahead of June 7 parliamentary elections.

Turkey?s Kurdish problem could take yet another step this weekend toward a political solution, according to Pervin Buldan, an MP for the Kurdish problem-focused Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) and an active member mediating the talks between the government and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) for the last three years.

There is no legal obstacle preventing the head of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) from sending a visual Nevruz message to festivities in Diyarbak?r on March 21, Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirta? has said.

There are reports indicating that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) may be preparing to launch an attack on the Syrian town of Ras al-Ayn near the Turkish border.

This year's Nevruz, the annual festival celebrated on March 21 to mark the beginning of spring particularly in the country's predominantly Kurdish Southeast Anatolia region, will mark a milestone in the ongoing Kurdish peace process, a senior government official has said.

A month after his resignation from his position as head of Turkey?s National Intelligence Organization (M?T), Hakan Fidan announced on March 9 that he wanted to return to his post, withdrawing his candidacy for parliament in the June 7 elections on the list of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti).

A young German woman fighting alongside Kurdish forces in Syria was killed over the weekend in clashes with Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters, Kurdish officials and a Turkey-based communist group said on March 9.