Turkey 'determined' to beat PKK
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Turkey's military declares its "unshakable determination" to defeat Kurdish separatists based in Iraq.
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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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The head of Turkey's powerful armed forces reaffirmed on Wednesday his view that a cross-border operation into northern Iraq was needed to crush Kurdish rebels based there.
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The prime ministerâs party took a strong lead, setting the stage for a final confrontation over who should run Turkey.
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Turkey's leaders are coming under severe public pressure to act against Kurdish rebels, after an attack on troops.
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ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's top military commander promised yesterday to make Iraq-based Kurdish rebels "grieve with an intensity that they cannot imagine," while the prime minister said his nation would fight "when needed," regardless of international pressure.
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The commander of Iraq-based Kurdish rebels said he believed Turkey will quickly follow its parliamentary elections Sunday with a long-anticipated offensive against his remote mountain bases.
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Turkey's Islamic-rooted ruling party was headed for victory Sunday with more than half the votes counted in parliamentary elections that pitted the government against opponents warning of a threat to secular traditions.
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Turkey said Friday it would continue its military operations against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, after several attacks this month against members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
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Viewpoint: Modern Turkey was born in a war to save its territory, and Kurdish autonomy remains a red line for Ankara. But a policy built on fear has simply engendered more fear
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BRUSSELS  - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood firm behind Ankara&#39;s bid to join the European Union, rejecting calls to recognise Cyprus and dismissing any new conditions to win EU entry.
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BAGHDAD - Turkey's decision to allow the dispatch of troops over Iraq's border in pursuit of Kurdish guerrillas throws into relief a troubling quandary for Iraq's leaders.
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Turkey moved closer to winning a date for the start of European Union entry negotiations after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged to heal Turkey&#39;s diplomatic standoff with new EU member Cyprus.
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Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani says his forces will not move against the PKK separatists that are battling Turkey
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Turkish armed forces could strike at any moment against Kurdish rebels Ankara says are sheltering over the border in Iraq, the country's army commander said Saturday.
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A few years ago, Turkey's Kurdish guerrillas seemed adrift, their leader jailed and numbers diminished. Prone to factionalism, they were unsure of whether to pursue war or peace.
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Turkey's Islamic-rooted ruling party won parliamentary elections by a wide margin Sunday, and the prime minister pledged to safeguard the country's secular traditions and do whatever the government deems necessary to fight separatist Kurdish rebels.