PKK rebellion

A senior Turkish government member has refuted international calls for Turkey to return to the negotiation table with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), asking whether these countries could guarantee that militants would lay down their arms.

A land mine production facility built by outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the southeastern province of ??rnak was destroyed by Turkish security forces on April 23, security sources have said, as counter-terrorism operations continue against the PKK, which most recently carried out a bomb attack that killed two soldiers and wounded three others in the southeastern province of

Funeral ceremonies have been held in Turkey's southeastern Mardin and ??rnak provinces for four security officials killed in separate attacks by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) amid ongoing clashes between security forces and the outlawed group. 

In his long address to the Turkish War Colleges in Istanbul on March 28, President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an argued that Turkey was the world's top country for preserving the balance between security and freedom, despite going through an extremely difficult period with terrorist attacks claiming the lives of civilians and security personnel. 

Turkey's air force carried out airstrikes on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) bases in northern Iraq on two separate operations on March 18 and March 19, the military said.

In a statement on its website, the Turkish General Staff said 20 F-16 and F-4 jets bombed positions in the Sinat, Haftanin and Gara regions on March 18 night.        

Turkish President Tayyip Erdo?an has said on March 16 that the "iron fist of the state in a velvet glove" would crush the heads of the terrorists. He was talking about the ongoing security operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has staged attacks in several districts of the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r, killing one policeman, as clashes spread to a number of other towns in the southeast on March 15. 
Another police officer was killed in the Nusaybin district of Mardin province. 

One police officer was killed early on March 15 in clashes with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the Ba?lar district of the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r, which has been subjected to a new curfew. 

Three outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants were also killed.

Sometimes finding excuses is easier than finding answers.

Findings point to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party's (PKK) involvement in the March 13 Ankara attack "almost certainly," Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has told reporters.