Turkey OKs Attacks on Kurds in Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Oct 18, 2007 The Turkish parliament has authorized military incursions into Iraq in order to track down rebels who, the Turkish government has long claimed, use Iraqi Kurdistan as sanctuary. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Political Danger in Turkey

Staff / Truthdig Aug 14, 2007 Turkey's Abdullah Gul says he will once again run for the presidency, which could lead to a crisis in the politically and religiously complex nation. Turkey's avowedly secular military has already announced its willingness to intervene should Gul win the post, because of his Islamist background. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Turkey, Iraq Tackle Kurdish Rebel Trouble

Staff / Truthdig Aug 8, 2007 As if Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki didn't already have his hands full, now he's dealing with pressure from Turkey to drive out members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) who have hunkered down in northern Iraq -- or else Turkish troops will do the honors. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Turkish Forces Enter Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Jun 7, 2007 Although Turkey's foreign minister, Abdullah Gul, is denying the report, other government insiders anonymously confirmed that several thousand Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq on Wednesday to target Kurdish groups that have been attacking Turkey from Iraq, according to the Associated Press. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

At Least 8 Die in Turkish Clash

Staff / Truthdig Jun 4, 2007 A raid on a Turkish military camp by Kurdish separatist rebels left at least seven Turks and one rebel dead on Monday and seven more soldiers injured, according to the BBC. The attack took place in the eastern town of Tunceli in the Pulumar region and is being attributed to the controverial Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Turkish Vote Declared Invalid

Staff / Truthdig May 2, 2007 Last Friday's presidential vote by the Turkish parliament has been scrapped by the nation's constitutional court, which decided that not enough lawmakers had voted to make a quorum. This means that candidate Abdullah Gul, whose party's Islamist ties have raised widespread concern, won't advance to the next level -- not yet, at least. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Turks Rally for Secularism in Government

Staff / Truthdig Apr 30, 2007 Crowds numbering in the hundreds of thousands gathered Sunday for a pro-secularism rally in Istanbul, calling for a secularist democracy in Turkey amid concerns that presidential candidate Abdullah Gul, whose Justice and Development Party has Islamist ties, will let his beliefs influence his actions if he wins the election. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Religious Tension Mounts in Turkish Politics

Staff / Truthdig Apr 28, 2007 Turkey's leading presidential candidate has Islamist roots, a cause for concern among the country's many secularists. The Turkish military has even weighed in on the issue, saying the armed forces were troubled by the election and would display their "positions and attitudes" as "a staunch defender of secularism" at the appropriate time. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Another Iraq War

Staff / Truthdig Apr 14, 2007 The Bush administration finds itself in a difficult position as tensions between two regional allies threaten to escalate to war. The Turkish military is fed up with Kurdish rebels it says have safe harbor in northern Iraq, and now wants to mount an assault across the border. One of Iraq's Kurdish leaders has said such an attack would trigger retaliation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

German Government Abandoned Citizen at Gitmo

Staff / Truthdig Jan 27, 2007 Germans are outraged over the emergence of documents that suggest a government official allowed an innocent German citizen to remain in Guantanamo for years after the United States offered to repatriate him. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Turks Acquitted for Publishing Chomsky

Staff / Truthdig Dec 21, 2006 A Turkish publisher, two editors and a translator have all been acquitted of insulting Turkishness. The four were charged for translating and publishing "Manufacturing Consent," by Noam Chomsky (above), which criticizes Turkey's treatment of Kurds. Though the EU has pressured Turkey to reform its laws regarding expression, it remains a crime there to insult the state. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges: Coveting the Holocaust

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Oct 23, 2006 The former Middle East bureau chief for The New York Times and author of the bestseller "War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning" takes a hard look at the political capital of suffering. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )