Articles About Terrorist Activities

US Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow led an interagency delegation to Ankara on Thursday to discuss ways to improve US-Turkey cooperation against the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a statement from the US Embassy in Ankara said.

Ambassador Vershbow’s delegation met with a broad Turkish interagency team, headed by Foreign Ministry Deputy Undersecretary Halit Çevik. Ambassador Vershbow met separately with Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioğlu, and Deputy Chief of General Staff Gen. Hulusi Akar. Read the rest of this entry »

Two police officers were killed in an attack by the suspected members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the southern province of Osmaniye today, daily Hürriyet reported on its website.

Police officers came under attack by PKK militants and returned fire. Two police officers and one PKK member were killed in the ensuing clash. Read the rest of this entry »

Germany must declare the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) as a terrorist organization, according to Turkey’s deputy prime minister.

Bekir Bozdağ said Oct. 23 that Germany should from now on declare the PKK as a terrorist organization, not just a criminal gang. “Countries should assume a common stance on terrorism wherever it occurs,” Bozdağ said during a meeting in Munich, Germany. Bozdağ said Turkey attached importance to cooperation in combating terrorism because it knows that terrorism does not recognize nation, race, religion or sect. The countries that protect terrorist organizations that act against other countries are harmed most by this terror, said Bozdağ. Read the rest of this entry »

One noncommissioned officer has been killed and six soldiers injured in clashes while two soldiers were killed in a land-mine attack in Turkey’s southeastern Hakkari province.

Hakkari Gov. Muammer Türker said soldiers conducting operations in Kazan Valley came in contact with members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). One soldier was killed and six were wounded in the ensuing clash.

Meanwhile, a land mine was remotely detonated by suspected PKK militants as a group of soldiers passed by in Tekeli region of Şemdinli district. Two soldiers were killed in the explosion. Read the rest of this entry »

OOMEN-RUIJTEN, RiaRia Oomen-Ruijten MEP, European Parliament Rapporteur on Turkey, has condemned the recent shocking terrorist attacks in Turkey: “I strongly condemn these attacks and would like to express my sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims.” Read the rest of this entry »

Militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party kill 24 troops and wound 18 near the Iraqi border. President Gül, who recently visited the region, vows ‘revenge’ while elite soldiers enter deep into Iraq, supported by jets and artillery.

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) launched one of the bloodiest attacks of its history against the Turkish military yesterday, killing 24 troops and wounding 18 in simultaneous assaults in Çukurca, Hakkari, near the Iraqi border that started Tuesday night and continued until yesterday morning. The attack was met with national outrage and worldwide condemnation, while also triggering a “hot pursuit” into Iraqi territory. Read the rest of this entry »

Five policemen and three civilians died today in Güroymak district of the southeastern province Bitlis in a suspected roadside bomb explosion.

A bomb that was planted in a manhole went off while a police vehicle was passing, just outside Güroymak, security sources said.

Bitlis Gov. Nurettin Yılmaz told reporters in the eastern city that five police officers and three civilians were killed in the explosion, which was caused by a remote-controlled bomb. “Four other people were injured and are now receiving treatment at the Bitlis State Hospital,” he said. Read the rest of this entry »

A makeshift bomb went off during a demonstration by supporters of the Kurdish separatist group PKK in southern Turkey Sunday, injuring four policemen and two civilians, media reported.

The device, hidden behind a trash can, exploded in the town of Sehan in southern Adana province as “our security forces intervened to stop a banned protest, injuring six people, including two civilians, Anatolia news agency quoted Adana governor Huseyin Avni Cos as saying.

“Two police officers are in serious condition,” the governor said.
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One police officer was killed and three others wounded when terrorists opened fire on a police station in Iskenderun town of southern province of Hatay on Thursday.

Hatay Governor Celalettin Lekesiz told reporters that they believed the attack was staged by terrorists. Read the rest of this entry »

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said that Turkey did not have a patience for a terrorist act on Iraqi soil, which would pose a threat against Turkey.

Holding a joint press conference with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari in Ankara on Thursday, Davutoglu said that they mostly discussed terrorism issue, adding that a terrorist structure that nested in Iraq was a threat against territorial integrity of both Turkey and Iraq. Read the rest of this entry »