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ANKARA, Turkey - Kurdish rebels on Thursday claimed responsibility for the ambush killing of seven Turkish soldiers, a Kurdish news agency said. The attack caused outrage and was seen as a blow to the government's efforts to reconcile with minority Kurds.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A methane gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in western Turkey, killing at least six miners and trapping 13 others, the country's labor minister said on Friday. Abdullah Ozer, a lawmaker, said the remaining 13 miners are also feared dead. The rescue work has been complicated by high concentration of gas inside the mine and fog that prevented transportation of rescuers ...
Ankara - A methane explosion trapped 16 miners in Turkey late Thursday. The Turkish media reported that rescuers could not reach the trapped coalminers because of the high concentration of gas at the pit in Devecikonagi in Western Turkey. ...
Turkey's top court closed the country's main pro-Kurdish party for having links to rebels in a ruling that could undermine efforts to end a long-running conflict with the separatists.
(AP:ANKARA, Turkey) A methane gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in western Turkey Thursday evening, trapping at least 15 miners, officials said.
Istanbul - The past months had created increased hope that Turkey was on its way to finally implementing a civilian - rather than a military - solution to its decades-long Kurdish problem. But now there are growing concerns that renewed tensions in T...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An explosion caused the collapse of an underground chamber of a Turkish coal mine, killing 19 workers, the government said Friday.
ANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- An opposition leader in Turkey said Tuesday the government is mishandling the threat of Kurdish nationalists, citing the attack that killed seven soldiers.
ANKARA, Turkey, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Iranian and Turkish military forces fought with guerrilla separatists in the Kurdistan Workers' Party, killing nine in border skirmishes.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets Monday with US President Barack Obama for talks expected to focus on NATO reinforcements in Afghanistan and Ankara's efforts to curb Kurdish rebels based in Iraq.
ANKARA, Turkey - An explosion caused the collapse of an underground chamber of a Turkish coal mine, killing 19 workers, the government said Friday. The blast at a mine...
Istanbul - This past year was one filled with historic milestones for Turkey. On October 10, Ankara signed a historic deal that paves the way for restoring diplomatic ties with Arm...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey's highest court began deliberations Tuesday on a case seeking to close down the country's pro-Kurdish party and expel several party members from parliament on charges of ties to Kurdish rebels.
Brussels - Turkey's road towards European Union membership grew rockier on Tuesday as Cyprus imposed new conditions on opening accession talks and the bloc urged Ankara to open its ports and airports to Cypriot vessels. But EU ministers nevertheless ...
Istanbul - Turkey's highest court Tuesday started hearings in a case that could lead to the closure of the country's largest pro-Kurdish political party. In an indictment filed with the court in 2007, a prosecutor accused the Democratic Society Party...
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in Washington to discuss Iran's nuclear program, the war in Afghanistan and other issues. But the President also needs to convince him that Turkey must stay close to the U.S. and Europe even as it looks east
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