Kurdistan Workers' Party

A shooter who allegedly helped kill three off-duty soldiers in Hakkari’s Yüksekova district on Oct. 25 is among three suspects who was detained in a late-night operation, the Hakkari Governor’s Office said in a statement Oct. 27.

The Turkish government has vowed that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) will not get away with the killing of three off-duty soldiers in the southeast province of Hakkari on Oct. 25, saying its determination to advance the peace process will not bow to terror or terrorists.

A Turkish village guard who disappeared last month was killed by separatists who shot him against a post in an execution-style killing, the army said Oct. 27.

The corpse of the man, who the army said was abducted on Sept. 12, was found Oct. 26 tied with electrical wire to a telegraph post in the district of Tatvan of Bitlis province in southeastern Turkey.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said neither the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) nor “its extension” the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) are happy with the ongoing peace process, suggesting that it threatens their bargaining power.

Three Turkish soldiers were killed in a gun attack in the Yüksekova district of the southeastern province of Hakkari Three Turkish soldiers were killed in a gun attack in the Yüksekova district of the southeastern province of Hakkari, Doğan News Agency has reported. 

Turkey is a very complex society, with various layers of identity, ideology and bigotry not just juxtaposed against but also added on top of each other.

Three members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were killed by security forces on Oct. 23 in the eastern Turkish province of Kars.

Clashes erupted when four militants reportedly attacked a hydroelectric power station in the Kağızman district.

At first sight, everything seems to be on track.

The ruling AKP and the opposition HDP hail the reinvigorated peace process, saying the Kurdish issue could be solved in as little as six months The Turkish government and the Kurdish political movement have sounded a note of optimism for the future of the stalled peace process, with Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu suggesting that the process could reach a settlement within the next few months

Washington took the initiative to airdrop ammunition and weapons to Kurdish fighters battling jihadists in Kobane despite Turkey’s objections, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, in a bid to underline that Ankara does not consider the Democratic Union Party (PYD) a legitimate counterpart, regardless of U.S. views.