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Smoke billows from a fire during firefight between the police and Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK militants in the town of Silopi, southeastern Turkey, Friday, July 7, 2015. Photo by Bulgarian News Agency/AP
"The Turkish claim they are fighting Islamic State… but in fact they are fighting the PKK."
Cemil Bayik, the man who currently heads the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), suggests, in an interview with the BBC, that Turkey is only intending to fight the Kurdish militants and not the Islamic State (IS) group as it claims.
Turkey launched in July airstrikes against targets of IS in Syria an the PKK in Iraq and inside Turkey.
A fire at a hotel in the Kartalkaya ski resort in the Bolu district of northwest Turkey has tragically claimed the lives of ten people and left 32 others injured
In just 24 hours, 11 people have died in Istanbul after consuming counterfeit alcohol
In 2025, Turkey has implemented significant increases in toll fees for motor vehicles using its highways
Turkey's inflation rate for December 2024 was reported at 44.38 percent year-on-year, according to national statistics
The United States has granted an exemption to Turkey and Hungary, allowing them to continue making payments for Russian natural gas supplied through Gazprombank
A UK-bound flight from Turkey had to make an emergency landing in Bulgaria after an onboard argument between two passengers turned violent
"It is a time to pull people together ...
“We cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism and exclusion in any form.
Let's not excuse violence, or rationalize it, or participate in it.
"Europe hasn't done its homework...
"North Korea has conducted a major Nuclear Test.
"There are a lot of killers.
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