PKK earns $1.7 billion in drug trade: Ministry report
A narcoterrorism report prepared by Turkey’s Interior Ministry suggests that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) earns nearly $1.7 billion each year through its involvement in the production and trading of cannabis, in addition to drug smuggling, Hurriyet Daily News reports. The PKK earns some 500 million Turkish Liras (around $170 million) per year via […]
Russia is arming PKK terrorists, Erdogan says
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Russia of providing anti-aircraft weaponry and rockets to militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), government officials said on Monday, Reuters reports. He spoke to journalists after a visit to the Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakir, Erdogan accused Russia of arming the PKK terrorist organization via Iraq and […]
“Release PKK Leader, Ocalan”
Kurdish protesters clash with Turkish policemen during a demontration against the detention by Turkey of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan, jailed since 1999, on Istiklal avenue in Istanbul on Feb. 15, 2012. <Photo: Xinhua/Ma Yan> news@theasian.asia
Turkey Army Mistaken Bombing, Killed 36 Civilians
A faint protester is carried out during a demonstration against an air raid happened on Dec. 28 across Turkish-Iraqi border which killed 36 people. Turkey’s General Staff said earlier on Thursday in a statement that Turkish jets bombed a group of people approaching its border in accordance with an intelligence that the outlawed Kurdish Workers’ […]
Turkey Army Mistaken Bombing···36 Killed
Demonstrators gesture and chant slogans during a demonstration in Istanbul, Turkey, on Dec. 29, 2011, against an air raid happened on Dec. 28 across Turkish-Iraqi border which killed 36 people. Turkey’s General Staff said earlier on Thursday in a statement that Turkish jets bombed a group of people approaching its border in accordance with an […]
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