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Turkey-US: A timeline of plummeting relations
The two countries are in disagreement over the Syria conflict and over the fate of Turkish preacher Fethullah Gulen
For exiled novelist, Turkey is ‘like 1930s Germany’
Released from prison in late December 2016, it took Asli Erdogan until last September to get her passport back from Turkish authorities
Turkey sacks 18 500 staff before expected end of coup emergency
The Official Gazette said 18 632 people had been sacked including 8 998 police officers over suspected links to terror organisations
Turkish warplanes bomb northern Iraq
Turkish warplanes bombed northern Iraq on Monday, the rebel Kurdistan Workers’ Party and an Iraqi Kurdish official said.
Turkey bombs Kurdish rebels in Iraq
Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq this week, the Anatolia news agency reported on Friday, quoting an army spokesperson.
Turkish jets bomb Kurdish rebels in Iraq
Turkish planes on Tuesday bombed more than 20 Kurdish rebel targets both inside the country and in northern Iraq, the Turkish army said.
Bush calls for quick end to Turkish Iraq operation
United States President George Bush urged Nato ally Turkey on Thursday to end its offensive against Kurdish PKK rebels in northern Iraq quickly, but Washington said it would not…
Istanbul factory blast kills 19
At least 19 people were killed and 69 were injured on Thursday when an explosion ripped through an Istanbul building that housed workshops including an illegal fireworks factory.…
Rice pushes ‘roadmap’ as Turkish troops enter Iraq
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, on a visit overshadowed by a Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, called on Iraqi leaders on Tuesday to urgently implement a…
Turkey bombs northern Iraq, woman killed
Turkish warplanes targeting Kurdish rebels bombed villages deep in northern Iraq on Sunday, killing one woman and forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes, local officials…
Kurdish rebels free abducted Turkish soldiers
Eight Turkish soldiers, kidnapped last month in an ambush by Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants, were released in northern Iraq, a PKK official said on Sunday. The release…
Iraq conference looks at tensions on Turkey border
Turkey stepped up pressure on the United States to help curb attacks by Kurdish rebels from northern Iraq as a conference on Saturday of Iraq’s neighbours and major powers sought…
Turkey kills 34 Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq
Turkey has carried out air sorties and shelling against Kurdish positions inside northern Iraq. Reuters said Turkish war planes flew as deep as 20km into Iraqi territory and…
Rebels kill 12 Turk troops, PM calls crisis talks
Kurdish rebels killed at least 12 Turkish soldiers and wounded 16 others in an ambush on Sunday, prompting Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to call crisis talks to consider a…