Cemil Bayık

The U.S. embassy in Ankara on April 14 reminded the bounties the United States put on the heads of three senior members of the illegal PKK.

Turkey's top diplomat lambasted on July 4 the U.S.-based Washington Post newspaper for publishing an article by Cemil Bayık, one of the leaders of the PKK, which is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the EU. 

The US State Department announced it is targeting three senior members of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), following a visit of a US official to Ankara on Tuesday.

US Secretary of Defense James Mattis pledged support to Turkey in its ongoing fight against rebels of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) during talks with the country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish and US officials said today.

Turkey is set to demand a red notice for Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) co-head Salih Muslim, CNN Türk has reported, a day after an arrest warrant was issued for him over a February bomb attack in Ankara.

The Justice Ministry is preparing to apply to the Interpol General Secretary for the red notice on Muslim.

An Ankara court issued an arrest warrant on Nov. 22 for Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) co-head Salih Muslim as well as senior outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants over a bomb attack targeting military shuttles in Ankara in February, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has once again slammed Germany over its alleged "two-faced" stance on terrorism issues.

"The EU is silent when it comes to terror. Terrorist groups have been able to find a venue for propaganda in Europe," Yıldırım said in his weekly address to deputies at parliament on Nov. 8. 

The winds that have been blowing against Turkey were partially reversed thanks to the Euphrates Shield operation. Turkey's hands have seen strengthened.

President Erdoğan said the best possible opportunities have already been provided for PKK leader Öcalan

The most severe clashes between the PKK and the Turkish army took place in the first half of the 1990’s, in which Güreş served mostly as the leading commander