By Teri Schultz Brussels 06 November 2007 The European Union has issued its annual enlargement update, assessing the progress of seven candidate countries toward full membership in the 27-nation bloc. The E.U. concluded no country, with the possible...
By Deborah Block Irbil 06 November 2007 Turkey's president says his country has decided on how to proceed against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq and has informed the United States. The comments by President Abdullah Gul Tuesday came a day after U.S....
By Robert Raffaele Washington 06 November 2007 President Bush has pledged his support in Turkey's fight against the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is considering a major cross-border military attack again...
By Sonja Pace Istanbul 05 November 2007 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayipp Erdogan is visiting Washington for talks with U.S. President George Bush about dealing with Kurdish rebels who have been attacking Turkey from bases in northern Iraq. Turkey...
By Sonja Pace Diyarbakir, Turkey 01 November 2007 Turkey has just hosted an international conference on how best to stabilize Iraq despite being on an increasingly poor footing with its eastern neighbor. Ankara accuses Iraq of sheltering separatist K...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 31 October 2007 The Pentagon says it is trying to provide Turkey with the kind of intelligence about insurgents of the Kurdistan Workers Party that would enable the Turkish military to take action against them. VOA's Al Pessin r...
By Sonja Pace London 23 October 2007 Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayipp Erdogan says his government cannot wait forever for neighboring Iraq to deal with rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party who are using northern Iraq as a safe haven from which t...
By David Gollust State Department 23 October 2007 The United States and Britain made a joint call late Monday for Iraq to take immediate steps to halt cross-border attacks by Iraqi-based Kurdish PKK militants into Turkey. The issue dominated a Washin...
By David Gollust Washington 22 October 2007 The State Department says the United States is making an all-out diplomatic effort to defuse the crisis spawned by cross-border attacks into Turkey by Iraq-based Kurdish PKK militants. Secretary of State Co...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 17 October 2007 A senior Pentagon official says U.S. forces in Iraq are busy fighting various insurgents and terrorists, and cannot directly address Kurdish terrorists based in Northern Iraq, who launch attacks on Turkey. At the...