Kurdish nationalism

Kurds living in Greece march outside the Parliament building during a demonstration against Turkey's military action in northeastern Syria, in Athens, Wednesday. [Costas Baltas/Reuters]

A U.S. decision to put multi-million dollar bounties on the heads of three PKK leaders was a "positive but belated" step, Turkish national defense minister said on Nov. 7.

Turkish Foreign Ministry has welcomed the U.S. State Department's decision to put multi-million-dollar bounties on the heads of three senior members of the illegal PKK.

At least 21 suspects were detained for extortion to help finance the illegal PKK/KCK after a huge dawn sweep across the Turkish capital Ankara, security sources told state-run Anadolu Agency on Nov. 6. Click through for the story in photos...

Two high-ranking members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have been detained in Istanbul, police sources said.

The countdown has started and the clock is ticking very loudly to warn the Iraqi Kurds that their referendum vote for independence, scheduled to take place on Sept. 25, is loaded with a potential disaster not only for northern Iraq but a bigger geography spanning Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Iran and probably beyond. 

Israel supports the creation of a Kurdish state. This was announced by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against the background of a referendum in Iraq about Kurdish independence, which the authorities in Baghdad oppose, Reuters reported.

Iraq's parliament voted on Sept. 12 to reject an Iraqi Kurdish independence referendum planned for Sept. 25, authorising the prime minister to take all measures to preserve Iraq's unity, a lawmaker said.

"Kurdish lawmakers walked out of the session but the decision to reject the referendum was passed by a majority," said Mohammed al-Karbouli. 

Turkish democrats have for decades been critical of the military's role in civilian life. They have also been critical of the ideological indoctrination that soldiers have been subjected to, starting from the early stages.

Turkish democrats have for decades been critical of the military's role in civilian life. They have also been critical of the ideological indoctrination that soldiers have been subjected to, starting from the early stages.