<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Kurdistan Workers' Party: News &amp; Videos about Kurdistan Workers' Party - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Kurdistan_Workers_Party</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Kurdistan Workers' Party from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:31:07 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Kurdistan Workers' Party: News &amp; Videos about Kurdistan Workers' Party - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/POLITICS/09/30/scotus.terrorism.support/tztop.supreme.court.bldg.jpg</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Kurdistan_Workers_Party</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Kurdistan Workers' Party from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Justices to review Patriot Act provision</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/30/scotus.terrorism.support/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/30/scotus.terrorism.support/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Supreme Court has agreed to review a civil liberties dispute over the government's power to criminalize "support" of a terrorist organization.</description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey: 40 people held in operation targeting Kurds</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/14/turkey.police.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/14/turkey.police.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Turkish police have arrested more then 40 people in a large-scale operation across 12 provinces in southeastern Turkey. The police are targeting the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, according to the official Anatolian news agency.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Former Turkish generals accused of plot</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/25/turkey.indictments/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/25/turkey.indictments/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Two retired Turkish generals are accused of masterminding a plot to overthrow the government, according to an indictment officially released Wednesday that charged more than 50 others as their accomplices.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey bombs suspected Kurdish rebel targets in Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/13/turkey.iraq.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/13/turkey.iraq.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Turkish warplanes bombed suspected Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq on Thursday, a military spokesman said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bombings across Iraq kill dozens</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/10/iraq.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/10/iraq.blast/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Militants in three Iraqi cities set off deadly explosions Monday, killing at least 39 people, government officials said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqi PM meets with Turkish envoy on rebels</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/14/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/14/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Turkish delegation led by the country's deputy foreign minister met with Iraqi leaders on Tuesday in Baghdad amid an increase in Turkish military strikes on suspected Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey hits Kurdish rebels twice in two days</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/13/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/13/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Turkey on Monday bombed suspected Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq for a second day, an Iraqi official told CNN.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey launches more strikes on Kurdish rebels in Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/12/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/12/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Turkey launched another round of airstrikes against Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq on Sunday, an Iraqi official said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Female fighters: We won't stand for male dominance</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/06/iraq.pkk/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/06/iraq.pkk/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The women line the mountainside, locked hand in hand in their green battle fatigues, and begin dancing. It's a victory dance, they say, that is routine after raids across the border on Turkish troops.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkish airstrikes target Kurdish rebels</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/06/turkey.kurdish.clashes/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/06/turkey.kurdish.clashes/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Turkey's military launched airstrikes Monday on Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq, according to the PKK, or Kurdistan Workers' Party.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkish troops bomb northern Iraq after PKK clashes</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/05/turkey.pkk/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/05/turkey.pkk/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Turkish military bombed PKK rebel targets Saturday in northern Iraq in response to clashes that left at least 15 Turkish troops dead, the PKK and the military said Sunday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey: 15 soldiers killed by Kurd rebels</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/04/turkey.kurds.killed/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/04/turkey.kurds.killed/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Fifteen Turkish soldiers were killed in an overnight clash with Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey along the country's border with Iraq, President Abdullah Gul said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nine Turkish soldiers killed in mine blast</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/11/turkey.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/11/turkey.bombing/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A bombing in eastern Turkey on Monday killed nine soldiers and wounded two others, the state news agency said, citing a provincial governor's office.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Who Was Behind the Turkish Blasts?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1827398,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1827398,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>While some suspect Kurdish rebels for Sunday's bombings in Istanbul, the timing suggests more ominous possibilities</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kurdish rebels release German hostages</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/20/kurds.hostages/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/20/kurds.hostages/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Three Germans kidnapped by Kurdish rebels in Turkey were released Sunday after more than a week in captivity.</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey bombs Kurdish rebels in Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/02/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/02/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq overnight, Kurdish rebels and the Turkish government said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 15:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey: 'Kurdish rebels killed in northern Iraq'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/29/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/29/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Turkey's military said it killed at least 15 rebels in operations in northern Iraq earlier this week, but a spokesman for the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Security Forces denied the report, saying Turkey has not conducted any military operation or air assault there in the past two weeks.</description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pair of bombs kills 53 in Baghdad, officials say</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/06/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/06/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Fifty-three people were killed and 125 were wounded in two bomb attacks Thursday evening in a Baghdad commercial district, an Interior Ministry official said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkish troops shell northern Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/05/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/05/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Turkish troops fired artillery shells into northern Iraq on Wednesday nearly a week after Turkey completed its eight-day ground offensive targeting Kurdish militants, an Iraqi official told CNN.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq incursion finished, Turkey says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/29/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/29/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Turkish military has pulled out of northern Iraq a week after launching an offensive against Kurdish rebels, the military said in a statement on its Web site. </description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Furor Over Turkey's Iraq Incursion</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1717847,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1717847,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>While the Turks turn a deaf ear to the Baghdad's anger over their incursion, they may listen to the U.S. -- which says little for Iraq's status</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey sends more troops into Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/27/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/27/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Turkey's armed forces stepped up their offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq on Wednesday amid rising diplomatic tensions between Baghdad and Ankara.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:14:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Turks claim 41 rebels killed in Iraq mission</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/25/us.turk.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/25/us.turk.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The White House said Monday it is in "constant dialogue" with Iraq and Turkey about the Turkish military operation against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq condemns Turkish incursion </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/26/us.turk.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/26/us.turk.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Iraq's Cabinet on Tuesday condemned the Turkish military incursion in northern Iraq and called the operation a "violation" of its "sovereignty," the government said in a statement.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq calls Turkish forces 'direct threat to the peace'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/24/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/24/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Iraq wants the Turkish forces targeting Kurdish rebels out of northern Iraq "as soon as possible," according to government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh.</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey: 35 Kurd rebels killed</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/23/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/23/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At least 35 Kurdish rebels have been killed in fighting in northern Iraq on Saturday, Turkey's military said Saturday as its offensive against the rebels came under criticism from Baghdad.</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey launches major Iraq incursion</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/22/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/22/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Turkish troops backed by air support attacked Kurdish rebels Friday in northern Iraq, the Turkish military said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Turkish Troops Are Back in Iraq</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1716477,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1716477,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Analysis: A ground incursion aims to prevent separatist Kurdish fighters moving back into Turkey when spring comes. But Iraq's Kurdish leaders fear their own autonomy is under attack</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkish warplanes bomb Kurd villages</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/04/iraq.turkey/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/04/iraq.turkey/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Turkish warplanes bombed three villages Monday in a mountainous area of northern Iraq near where the borders of Iraq, Iran and Turkey meet, according to a Turkish military statement.</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. labels Kurdish group as terrorist</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/11/us.turkey/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/11/us.turkey/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The United States has designated a Kurdish militant group in Turkey as a terrorist organization, the State Department said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkish car bomb suspects arrested</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/04/turkey.bombarrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/04/turkey.bombarrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Four suspects have been arrested in connection with Thursday's car bomb blast that killed five people and wounded dozens in southeastern Turkey, according to the chief prosecutor in Diyarbakir.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Four killed in Turkish bomb attack</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/03/turkey.bomb/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/01/03/turkey.bomb/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At least four people have been killed and 52 injured -- six critically -- after a car bomb exploded in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir Thursday, prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Hitting the Kurds from All Sides</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1698549,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1698549,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The latest Turkish operation in Iraqi Kurdistan has reminded the Iraqi Kurds that they have few friends except the U.S.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkish planes hit Iraqi Kurdish villages</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/26/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/26/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Turkish aircraft bombed two Kurdish villages inside northern Iraq on Wednesday, a spokesman for Iraqi Kurdish regional security forces said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush sees 3-way fight against PKK</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/24/kurd.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/24/kurd.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S., Turkish and Iraqi leaders all held talks Monday about Kurdish rebels using northern Iraq as a launchpad for cross-border attacks into Turkey.</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey: U.S. helped in PKK attack</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/19/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/19/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Turkey's ambassador to the United States said Wednesday his country's air strikes this week against Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq were the result of real-time, actionable intelligence provided by the United States.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkish military claims PKK losses</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/18/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/12/18/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Turkey's military on Tuesday claimed to have inflicted heavy casualties on Kurdish rebels in weekend airstrikes on northern Iraq but denied Iraqi reports that its troops had mounted a cross-border raid earlier in the day.</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq condemns Turkish attacks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/17/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/17/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Iraq's Kurdish regional government on Monday dispatched a team to survey the bombarded swath of northern Iraq where Turkish jets pounded targets identified as Kurdish separatist lairs and expressed concern that civilians have been caught in the crossfire. </description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:57:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey's US-Backed Strike in Iraq  
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1695506,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1695506,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The Turkish military's air strike against Kurdish rebels had the advantage of US military cooperation and intelligence</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey hits PKK in northern Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/16/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/16/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Turkish warplanes and long-range missiles attacked Kurdish rebel positions in the mountains of northern Iraq near the Turkish border early Sunday, according to Turkish military officials.</description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 13:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey Tries to Ban Pro-Kurd Party</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1684836,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1684836,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Turkish authorities on Friday took steps to ban the country's leading pro-Kurdish political party and expel several of its lawmakers from parliament on charges of separatism</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Turk warplanes target Iraq village</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/11/13/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/11/13/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An Iraqi Kurdish official said two Turkish military aircrafts crossed into Iraqi border space on Monday and dropped stun grenades on an uninhabited border area in an apparent attempt to locate targets there.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:22:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkish Copters Fire on Iraq Towns</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1683288,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1683288,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Turkish helicopter gunships attacked abandoned villages inside Iraq on Tuesday, Iraqi officials said, the first such airstrike since border tensions have recently escalated</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkish Hostages Called Traitors</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1682892,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1682892,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>After being held hostage and then released, the eight Turkish soldiers have now been detained in their home country and face charges</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Filling Bush's Diplomatic Dance Card</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1681715,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1681715,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>German Chancellor Merkel caps a big week for foreign visitors -- who are finding Bush's political woes a good opportunity</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 04:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S., Turkey to share intelligence on Kurdish rebel group</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/05/turkey.us/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/05/turkey.us/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The United States will help Iraq and Turkey crack down on Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq, President Bush said Monday after meeting with Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:39:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Turkish Are Coming! Oh, They're Already Here</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1680827,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1680827,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Turkish threats against Iraqi Kurdistan are more bark than bite</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Erdogan Talks Turkey in Washington</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1680526,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1680526,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The Turkish Prime Minister comes to Washington with a slew of crises on his country's border with Iraq -- and the U.S., thanks to its own crises in the region, needs to make him happy</description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2007 18:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq to take action against PKK</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/03/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/03/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki promised Saturday to smoke out Kurdish separatist rebels using Iraq as a base to launch attacks into neighboring Turkey.</description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kurd Leader Defies Turkish Threats
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1680302,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1680302,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani says his forces will not move against the PKK separatists that are battling Turkey</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sources: U.S. spy planes watching Iraqi-Turkish border</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/31/iraq.turkey/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/31/iraq.turkey/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>American U2 reconnaissance planes have been flying over the Turkey-Iraq border to observe military movements, said three U.S. military sources Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kurdish troops move toward Turkey</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/29/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/29/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A battalion of about 800 militia forces moved closer to the Turkish border over the weekend, according to U.S. military officials familiar with the latest information from the region.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqi diplomat: No progress in Iraq-Turkey talks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/26/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/26/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An Iraqi diplomat said that no progress was made in talks with Turkish officials Friday in Ankara about the Iraqi-Turkey border situation and that the Iraqi delegation planned to head back home.</description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey Raises Heat on Iraq</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1676725,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1676725,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Turkey demanded the extradition of Kurdish rebel leaders based in Iraq's north on Friday, the Turkish deputy prime minister said Friday after meeting with an Iraqi delegation</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Handle the Kurds</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1675638,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1675638,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The perception is that the U.S. has a double standard with regard to Kurdish insurgents. But it's the Kurds themselves who must reign in the rebels


</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Behind Turkey's Kurdish Problem 
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1675165,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1675165,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Viewpoint: Autonomy for the Kurds remains a red line for Ankara, but a policy built on fear  simply spawns more fear</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkish planes bomb Kurdish rebels</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/24/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/24/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Turkish warplanes and helicopter gunships have been bombing Kurdish separatist positions in Turkey along the Iraqi-Turkish frontier amid continuing diplomatic efforts to avert a major cross-border incursion by Turkish military forces.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey 'can't wait forever' on PKK</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/23/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/23/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Iraq's government Tuesday repeated a pledge to shut down offices of the Kurdish rebel movement that has triggered a border crisis with Turkey, but Turkey's prime minister said his government "cannot wait forever" for results.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. 'full-court press' against Turkish incursion</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/22/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/22/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>With Turkish officials under pressure to strike at Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, U.S. President George W. Bush has told Turkey's president his administration will keep pressing Baghdad to clamp down on the rebels, the White House said Monday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq: Kurdish rebels to declare truce</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/22/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/22/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Rebels from the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, will announce Monday a unilateral cease-fire following a deadly attack on Turkish forces, a spokesman for Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told CNN.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey's War Drums Grow Louder</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1674242,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1674242,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>After Kurdish separatists strike again, one U.S. ally appears to be moving closer to attacking another</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. urges restraint after Turkish soldiers killed in clashes with PKK</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/21/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/21/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The United States is urging Turkey to show restraint after Kurdish rebels attacked its forces on Sunday, killing at least 17 Turkish soldiers and wounding 16 others near Turkey's border with Iraq and Iran, according to Turkey's defense minister. </description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 02:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bracing for a Turkish Strike in Iraq</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1672508,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1672508,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Turkey moves closer to cross-border raids against Kurdish PKK fighters. But would prefer the Iraqis to shut them down</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey approves Iraq incursion</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/17/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/17/turkey.iraq/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Turkish parliament has approved a military incursion into Iraq to take on Kurdish rebels. </description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq: No plans to take on Kurdish rebels</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/17/iraq.general/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/17/iraq.general/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Iraqi army has no plan to deploy its soldiers near the rugged Turkish-Iraqi border to take on the Kurdish rebels targeting Turkey, and Iraqi authorities are satisfied with the efforts by the Iraqi Kurdish regional authorities to deal with the militants there, a top Iraqi military official told CNN Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq calls for urgent Turkey talks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/16/iraq.turkey/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/16/iraq.turkey/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Iraq on Tuesday urged Turkey to refrain from launching military action against Kurdish separatists based in Iraqi territory and called for urgent talks between the two nations to find a solution to the crisis.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqi PM to Turks: Refrain from 'military solutions' to attacks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/15/iraq.turkey/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/10/15/iraq.turkey/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Iraq's prime minister will hold emergency talks with his ministers Tuesday on the crisis with Turkey after the Turkish government asked for authority to launch cross-border raids against Kurdish separatists.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>PKK's decades of violent struggle</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/10/pkk.profile/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/10/pkk.profile/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The militant fighters of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have been engaged in a campaign of violence against the Turkish state for more than two decades with the goal of establishing an autonomous Kurdish homeland.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. urges Iraq to move against Kurdish separatists </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/08/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/08/turkey.kurds/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Bush administration Monday condemned the recent attacks by Kurdish separatist guerillas in Turkey that left up to 27 soldiers and civilians dead and urged Iraqi authorities to take action.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey urged over Iraq battle plan</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/27/turkey.terrorism/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/27/turkey.terrorism/index.html</guid><description>Turkey's top military commander urged his government's political leaders to make the guidelines clear if his forces are ordered across the Iraqi border to battle rebels with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a prospect he suggested would be helpful.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey's battle plan could threaten northern Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/05/24/turkey.terror/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/05/24/turkey.terror/index.html</guid><description>The war drums are getting louder in Turkey, and they can be heard next door in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, and across the globe in Washington as well.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 18:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey blast was 'suicide attack'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/05/23/turkey.explosion/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/05/23/turkey.explosion/index.html</guid><description>A suicide bomber was behind the rush-hour blast that tore through an Ankara shopping district Tuesday, killing at least five people and wounding at least 100 others, the governor of Ankara said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 11:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rush hour blast strikes busy market</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/05/22/turkey.explosion/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/05/22/turkey.explosion/index.html</guid><description>A powerful blast believed to be a bomb ripped through an Ankara shopping district Tuesday, killing at least five people and wounding dozens more.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 15:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkish forces battle Kurd rebels</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/04/12/turkey.offensive/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/04/12/turkey.offensive/index.html</guid><description>Turkish armed forces have begun a spring offensive against rebels with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) ahead of an expected surge in militant activity, the head of Turkey's military said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 16:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>