Turkey vows to smash PKK
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Turkey's military declares its "unshakable determination" to defeat Kurdish separatists based in Iraq.
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Â· Direct talks urged to avert army strike on PKK rebels Â· Turkish leaders defiant amid foreign criticism
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Turkey expects the United States to take urgent action against Kurdish rebels hiding in northern Iraq, its prime minister said, in comments suggesting Ankara hopes to avoid a Turkish military operation in the region.
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Turkey's political and military leaders are to meet to discuss details of a possible strike against PKK rebels.
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Turkey expects the United States to take  urgent action against Kurdish rebels hiding in northern Iraq,  its prime minister said, in comments suggesting Ankara hopes to  avoid a Turkish military operation in the region.
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Turkey's prime minister on Friday laid out a policy vision for the next five years that focuses on pursuing European Union membership and defending the state's secular and democratic principles.
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UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown says Britain will work with Turkey to solve the problem of Kurdish PKK rebels.
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A Turkish offensive against Kurdish rebels in Iraq would have major consequences, Iraq's foreign minister says.
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Turkey's foreign minister said on Sunday that diplomatic and military options could both be used in the country's fight against Kurdish PKK guerrillas based in northern Iraq.
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Iraq promised on Tuesday to close the offices of Kurdish rebels and work to prevent them launching attacks on Turkey, hoping to head off a threatened invasion to crush them by Turkish troops massed on the border.
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Kurdish separatists are targeting civilians. Now Turkey, and the U.S., are plotting their response
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Turkey's army chief has accused the two main Kurdish factions in neighbouring northern Iraq of supporting the Turkish Kurd separatist group PKK and providing it with explosives.
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The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) declares a unilateral ceasefire with Turkey, a pro-Kurdish news agency says.
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Turkey and Iraq have agreed to work together to deal with the problem of Kurdish PKK fighters in northern Iraq. Can diplomatic moves succeed?
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Hitting Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq carries political risks for Turkey.
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 23 -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki vowed Tuesday to halt the activities of Kurdish separatists staging strikes into Turkey from northern Iraq, marking his government's strongest declaration yet that it would act to forestall a Turkish invasion.
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Turkey's rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party ordered a unilateral ceasefire effective October 1 in operations against the Turkish military.