Kurdistan

The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) has emerged as the leading party in the long-awaited Iraqi Kurdish parliamentary election, securing 809,197 votes, according to preliminary results released by Iraq's electoral commission.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Nechirvan Barzani, the head of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), in the Turkish capital Ankara on Oct. 16.

Ahead of the meeting, Barzani held talks with Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and National Intelligence Organization (MİT) chief İbrahim Kalın.

Fidan later joined Erdoğan's reception of the KRG president.

The Iraqi Turkmen Front has that its members in Iraq's Kirkuk province will continue to protest by not attending provincial council sessions, as they did during the previous governorate elections.

Turkish security forces have apprehended a terrorist operating as the leader of the so-called "northern Paris youth branch" of the PKK/KCK terrorist organization, upon his arrival at Istanbul Airport from France.

After a recent visit to the Iraqi capital Baghdad, National Intelligence Organization (MİT) chief İbrahim Kalın has continued his engagements in the Kurdish regional government capital of Erbil, where discussions centered on bilateral relations and counterterrorism efforts.

Turkish security forces have neutralized Osman Nuri Ocaklı, a high-ranking member of the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (MLKP) and a key figure in the organization's Syrian operations.

Ocaklı, who had been on the red category wanted list, was targeted and eliminated during an operation conducted by the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) in the Ayn al-Arab region of Syria.

Kurdish PKK fighters have ended a unilateral ceasefire with Turkey that they announced after the earthquake earlier this year, reports AFP.

The announcement, carried by pro-Kurdish media, threatened to lead to a return to the violence that has claimed tens of thousands of lives since the PKK began its fight for an autonomous state in southeastern Turkey in 1984.

The National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has captured a member of the PKK terror group in Syria while she was trying to cross into Türkiye, security sources informed on June 9.

A PKK/KCK member has been caught trying to cross into Greece illegally, the Turkish Defense Ministry said on May 19.

The National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has neutralized the PKK/YPG's finance leader during an operation in Ayn al-Arab district in northern Syria.

Tuba Karakoç, who joined the organization in 2013, has been active in many fields in Türkiye, Iraq and Syria.