Hakkari Province

‘Iraqis within the Kurdistan Workers’ Party may be pardoned’

The Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq might be willing to grant amnesty to militants of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Nechirvan Barzani, a prominent political figure in the region, has stated in an...

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‘Good boys’ still on active duty four years after Şemdinli

Yesterday was the fourth anniversary of the 2005 Şemdinli bombing, when two noncommissioned officers were caught red-handed by residents of Şemdinli in Hakkari province planting a bomb at a local bookstore owned by a former...

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Society shuns incest, laws lag behind in protecting victims

An alleged incest case in a town on the west Black Sea coast has brought this heinous crime to the nation’s agenda, but experts underline that society is not ready to address the issue, including the laws criminalizing incest,...

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Police impound huge amount of heroin in Turkey

Turkish police teams seized 209 kg of heroin in southeastern Turkey, officials said on Friday. After receiving an information, police teams launched an operation and stopped a truck in Hakkari. Police found eight sacks of...

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One soldier wounded in provocative Hakkari attack

One soldier was wounded in a terrorist assault in Çukurca, Hakkari province, yesterday. Outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists reportedly launched 10 mortar rounds onto the Dağbaşı military base in Çukurca,...

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PM warns joyous reception of PKK members might harm process

Jubilation in predominantly Kurdish areas over people who “returned home” through the Habur border crossing on Monday has led to warnings from the prime minister in light of criticism from the opposition and reactions from the...

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[Turkey through a traveler’s eyes]Man on a mission JourneyIng across AnatolIa wIth the Rev....

The Rev. George Percy Badger reached Constantinople from England on June 24, 1842. Badger, an emissary of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, was burning with the religious fervor and self-righteousness of a recently...

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Unexploded ordnance major cause of death in southeast Turkey

Unexploded grenades and other explosives laid in rural areas of southeastern Turkey by the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) and by terrorists are a major cause of death in the region, according to data compiled by the Human Rights...

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‘Color of the tears’

“The color of the tears of Kurdish and Turkish mothers is the same…” This very meaningful and poetic sentence was reportedly said by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Ahmet Türk, the leader of the Democratic Society Party...

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Ankara: The Names Erdogan Identified As Central To Turkey's Culture

THE NAMES ERDOGAN IDENTIFIED AS CENTRAL TO TURKEY'S CULTURE Hurriyet Daily News Friday, October 9, 2009 Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's speech on Oct. 3 at his party's convention made headlines the next day as he paid...

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