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The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was responsible for over a thousand criminal acts in Germany last year, the Interior Ministry announced on May 8.

At least 150 outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants on Turkey's official "wanted" list have been killed in counterterrorism operations over the last 20 months, according to data compiled by state-run Anadolu Agency.

Turkey's EU Affairs Minister Ömer Çelik on May 6 slammed a French manifesto proposing the removal of some verses from the Quran, saying those 300 prominent French figures demanding the changes were as "bigoted" as members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) who infer violence from the holy book, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

Turkish jets "neutralized" two outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants as part of a counterterrorism operation in northern Iraq, the military stated on May 2.

Iran on May 2 denied that it was involved in a weapons delivery to the Polisario Front movement seeking independence for Western Sahara, after Morocco cut diplomatic ties with Tehran over the allegations.

One Turkish soldier was killed in a clash between Turkish forces and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the southeastern Turkish province of Şırnak on April 29. 

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) presence in Syria's northern Manbij region is a threat to Turkey, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said late on April 27. 

Speaking to the United Nations General Assembly, Turkey's foreign minister on April 25 slammed countries that draw distinctions between various terror groups, such as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Turkish jets have "neutralized" 10 outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants as part of counterterrorism operations in northern Iraq, the army said on April 25.

Editor's note: A previous version of this interview contained minor spelling errors, now corrected