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Turkey's Renewed Peace Effort With Kurdish Leaders

Explore the evolving peace talks between Turkish politicians and Kurdish leaders to resolve the longstanding conflict with PKK amidst regional changes.

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Jailed PKK Leader Says 'Ready' To Support Turkey Peace Drive

Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), is "ready to make a call" to back a new initiative by the Turkish government to end decades of conflict, Turkey's pro-Kurd party said Sunday.

International Business Times

Turkey's Pro-Kurd Party To Meet Jailed PKK Leader On Saturday

A delegation from Turkey's main pro-Kurdish DEM party is due on Saturday to visit jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, who is serving life on a prison island off Istanbul, a party source said.

International Business Times

Kenya has moved people out of the country illegally: what the law says about extraordinary rendition

Kenya has been accused by various non-state and state actors of supporting extraordinary rendition, which refers to the secret transfer of people from one country to another without due process of law and against their will. The most recent case of extraordinary rendition was the removal of Ugandan opposition politician…

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Hope still exists for Turkey-PKK detente, despite deadly attack

A push for a rapprochement, spearheaded by an unlikely source, could end a decades-long conflict.

Al Jazeera

Kurdish militants claim responsibility for deadly attack on Turkish defense firm

The banned Kurdistan Workers' Party has claimed responsibility for an attack on the headquarters of a key defense company in Ankara that killed at least five people

The Independent UK

Turkey strikes northern Iraq and Syria after attack kills 5 near Ankara

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which also injured 22 people

The Independent UK

Turkey Buries Attack Victims After Striking PKK

The first Ankara attack victims were being buried Thursday, just hours after Turkey struck PKK militants in Iraq and Syria whom it blames for the assault on a defence firm that killed five.

International Business Times

Turkey strikes Iraq, Syria after attack on defence company near Ankara

Turkey says it hit targets linked to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, which it blames for the attack on TUSAS.

Al Jazeera

Five killed and dozens injured in terror attack at Turkish aerospace firm

Turkey’s Air Force strikes Kurdish militant targets in Iraq and Syria in retaliation

The Independent UK

Theodoros Pangalos, outspoken Greek former foreign minister, dies at 84

Former Greek Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos has died at age 84

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Pro-Kurdish protest briefly suspends EU Parliament plenary

A small protest by pro-Kurdish activists has briefly forced the suspension of a plenary session of the European Union’s parliament

AFP

Kurdish militants halt 'operations' after Turkey quake

Istanbul (AFP) - Kurdish militants from the outlawed PKK group announced a temporary halt in fighting to ease recovery work in the wake of a massive earthquake that struck southeastern Turkey and parts of Syria.

AFP

Kurdish militants suspend 'operations' after Turkey quake

Ankara (AFP) - Kurdish militants from the outlawed PKK group announced a temporary halt in fighting to facilitate rescue work after the huge earthquake that struck southeastern Turkey and parts of Syria.

AFP

Tears, anger at Paris funeral for Kurdish shooting victims

Villiers-le-Bel (France) (AFP) - Thousands of Kurds from across Europe travelled to the Paris suburbs Tuesday for the politically charged funeral of three of their own killed in a December attack in the French capital.

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Tears and anger at Paris funeral for Kurdish shooting victims

Asharq Al-Awsat

Seven US Betrayals of Kurds within a Century… Will It Fail Them Again in Syria?

If the reaction to Turkish incursions or continued aerial bombardment against Kurdish targets in northern Syria does not meet Kurdish expectations and demands, it wouldn’t be the first time Kurds are betrayed by the US or the West. In the past century, the global and regional balance of power has…

WEKU

Iran's protesters find inspiration in a Kurdish revolutionary slogan

"Jin, jiyan, azadi!" — "Woman, life, freedom!" — has become the rallying cry for people in Iran and beyond who are protesting the death of Mahsa Amini in Iranian police custody.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Can Russia Revive the Adana Agreement between Syria and Turkey?

Whenever Turkey threatens to launch a military operation in northern Syria to establish a “safe zone,” Russia puts on the mediation table the revival of the Sochi Agreement on the east of the Euphrates, in preparation for the implementation of the Adana Agreement.

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