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Turkey and US in Row Over Killings in Iraq
In a very unusual move, Turkey recalled its ambassador to Washington on Monday over a statement made by the United States regarding the recent killing of thirteen kidnapped Turks in the nation of Iraq.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared...
Europe
Turkish Forces Arrest PKK Suspects Near Greek Border
Two people allegedly tied to the Kurdish PKK group have been detained near Turkey's border with Greece, Ankara's military claimed on Monday.
State-run Anadolu Agency said a third person was also arrested in the incident near the Pazarkule border crossing...
Diplomacy
Greeks 'Fighting Turks in Syria' TV Report Claims
A report by Turkish television network TRT alleges that Greeks are fighting on the side of Kurds against Turkish forces in Syria’s Afrin.
The report comes at a period of heightened tensions between the two NATO allies over sovereignty of...
Greece
Greece Caught in 1999 'Debacle' over PKK Chief's Arrest
February 1999 was a month when relations between Greece, Turkey and the United States were put to the test, as the Greek authorities tried to hide the fugitive founder and leader of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Abdullah Ocalan.
The PKK...
Greece
Greek Generals Fired Over PKK Book Airing
Greek Defense Minister Panos Panayotopulos has discharged the head of the War Museum and three other generals following the presentation of a book by Murat Karayilan, a senior member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) which is listed as...