PKK/KONGRA-GEL Archive
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Eutelsat drops Kurdish Roj TV
Posted on January 20, 2012 | No CommentsWritten by: Julian Clover Eutelsat has suspended satellite carriage of Roj TV after a Copenhagen court ruled the channel to be a vehicle of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). The PKK... -
‘Israeli drones aiding PKK activities in Turkey’
Posted on January 18, 2012 | No CommentsBy JPOST.COM STAFF 01/17/2012 21:02 Heron UAVs helped PKK set up bases in Hatay province, Turkish intelligence report says according to ‘Today’s Zaman’ Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles seen hovering over... -
Democratisation and Political Change in Turkey
Posted on January 13, 2012 | No CommentsWhen the Centre for Turkey Studies and Development (CTSD) invited two leading journalists/writers from Turkey over to London to speak at a meeting in the House of Commons this evening... -
Turkey angry after Danish court leaves Kurd TV on air
Posted on January 11, 2012 | 1 CommentCOPENHAGEN, Jan 10 (Reuters) – A Danish court imposed a small fine on the owners of a Kurdish television station on Tuesday but did not shut it down, despite finding... -
‘U.S. drone targeted civilians in Turkey’
Posted on January 9, 2012 | 2 CommentsA U.S. Predator drone had reportedly fired the first bomb in an airstrike that killed 35 Kurdish civilians in southeastern Turkey last month. In its main headline on Sunday, Turkish... -
Turkey: At the Crossroads of East, West, North and South
Posted on January 7, 2012 | 1 CommentPosted on January 5th, 2012 by Samuel Krech Today in our class discussion we talked about the massacre of the Armenian population in Turkey during the first World War along... -
TAHA ÖZHAN – New Turkey, the PKK and jet lag
Posted on January 7, 2012 | No CommentsTAHA ÖZHAN Saturday,January 7 2012, Your time is 14:44:37 New Turkey, the PKK and jet lag Recently, Turkey has made considerable efforts to overcome its historical jet lag. On one... -
‘Turkey must end US, Israel intel. coop’
Posted on January 6, 2012 | No CommentsTurkey uses Israeli-made Heron unmanned aerial vehicles in its military operation against Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorists. (File photo) A senior Turkish politician has called on the government for an... -
Turkey awaits key anti-PKK weapons
Posted on January 6, 2012 | No CommentsANKARA – Hürriyet Daily News Ümit Enginsoy Turkey plans to boosts fight against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party by acquiring several items of weapons and vehicles worth billions of US... -
arrests and violence threaten to radicalise a generation
Posted on December 29, 2011 | No CommentsKurds in Turkey: arrests and violence threaten to radicalise a generation Constanze Letsch reports on the Turkish crackdown on the country’s Kurds and the cultural oppression that goes with it Constanze... -
The Lost Word by Oya Baydar
Posted on December 17, 2011 | No CommentsA welcome spotlight shone on Turkey’s Kurdish war Maya Jaggi guardian.co.uk, Friday 16 December 2011 22.55 GMT Kurdistan Workers Party members silhouetted on a hillside in southeast Turkey Kurdish insurgents... -
Turkey denies use of chemical weapons
Posted on December 13, 2011 | 1 CommentTurkey denies use of chemical weapons by Ted Purlain on December 12, 2011 The Turkish military recently denied that it was using chemical weapons to fight against the rebel Kurdistan... -
Turkey: the ‘progressive’ land of repression
Posted on December 12, 2011 | No CommentsTurkey claims to be a successful democracy, but for thousands of political protesters, it is anything but Ayca Çubukçu guardian.co.uk Riot police and Kurdish demonstrators. Turkish riot police clash with... -
ROJ TV promotes PKK, says Danish prosecutor
Posted on December 8, 2011 | No CommentsCOPENHAGEN – Anatolia News Agency This file photo shows front page of Danish newspaper Berlingske Tidende publishing a report on ROJ TV showing the relations between the TV and the... -
British police raid PKK tent in London
Posted on December 6, 2011 | 2 CommentsBritish police raided yesterday a tent pitched by members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in front of St. Paul’s Cathedral amid a number of other tents belonging to... -
PKK top member arrested in Istanbul: deputy PM
Posted on December 5, 2011 | No CommentsANKARA, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) — Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said on Sunday that a top member of the outlawed Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) was arrested in the Turkish... -
Sassounian’s column of Dec. 1, 2011
Posted on November 29, 2011 | No CommentsNo one should be Fooled by Erdogan’s Empty Apology for Kurdish Massacres By Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier Turkish society was thrown into turmoil last week when... -
Is Turkey’s EU integration over?
Posted on November 25, 2011 | No CommentsGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel, Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine attend a ceremony to celebrate 50 years of Turkish guest workers in Germany on November 2,... -
Turkish Forces Kill Ferry Hijacker
Posted on November 12, 2011 | No Comments24 passengers and crew unharmed VOA News The hijacked ‘Kartepe’ ferry is seen in the Marmara sea off the northwestern Turkish town of Silivri, near Istanbul, November 12, 2011. Photo:... -
Turkey’s Kurdish conundrum
Posted on November 10, 2011 | 1 CommentPosted By Mohammed Ayoob Wednesday, November 9, 2011 – 4:52 PM Share Any time spent in Turkey and one cannot help but be taken in by the country’s economic dynamism...
