Kurdistan Workers' Party

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) presence in northern Iraq's Sinjar district is a threat to Turkey, United States Defense Secretary James Mattis said on March 27.

A total of 41 outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants were "neutralized" during an air operation on March 22 in northern Iraq, the Turkish army said on March 27.

Iraq's security forces may have "partially intervened" in the country's Sinjar district, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on March 26 amid speculation over a Turkish intervention against outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) elements there

The Turkish Armed Forces have "neutralized" nine more outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in northern Iraq, bringing the total number since March 10 to 50, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on March 22.

Turkish jets "neutralized" 38 militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, security sources said on March 20.

At least 23 outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants have been "neutralized" after attacking a border post in the southeastern Şanlıurfa province, the Turkish General Staff said on March 20.

One Turkish soldier and a village guard were killed on March 19 in an attack by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır.

Turkey on Monday insisted pro-Ankara forces did not plan to remain in Afrin as occupiers after they ousted Kurdish militia from the northern Syrian city, AFP reports.

Syrian rebels backed by the Turkish army on Sunday drove the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) out of their former stronghold of Afrin near the Turkish frontier.

The EU term president, Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, will host Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan, European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in a meeting on March 26 in the Bulgarian Black Sea port of Varna, Hurriyet writes.

Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Kurdish-defending Democratic People's Party (NPD) exchanged blows during talks on a Turkish-run operation in the northwest Syrian Afrin region, reported Turkish edition Hurryiet.