Events

Full statement by jailed PKK-leader Abdullah Öcalan, calling for the dissolution of the PKK

Ocalan on Kurdish-Turkish relations; Throughout more than 1000 years of history, Turks and Kurds have always found it necessary to remain in an alliance, with the voluntary aspect being dominant, in order to maintain their existence and to stand against hegemonic powers.

Ocalan in a letter from his prison: The language of the era of peace and democratic society needs to be developed

Jailed militant PKK leader Ocalan says all groups must lay down their arms and the PKK must dissolve itself, Turkey's pro-Kurdish party says

Abdullah Ocalan's statement: I call on the PKK to hold a general conference and decide to dissolve itself

Jailed PKK leader Ocalan will publish a statement today which sets forward a new path to peace between the PKK and the Turkish state. Ahead of the statement this photo has been released, showing Ocalan with a delegation of the Kurdish DEM party

Russia, US diplomats meet in Istanbul for embassy talks, report Russian news agencies

SDF Press: 8 civilian and 4 SDF fighter dead as result Turkish aggression on the countryside of Al-Shaddadi with more than 16 air strikes

Turkish drones bomb a convoy of Kurdish civilians near Tishrin Dam, south of Kobanê

Syrian Civil Defense: One person killed by unknown drone fire near Al-Nasr residential village, south of Jarablus city in eastern Aleppo countryside

Erdogan says only Turkey could save the European Union from the troubles it has fallen into due to Ukraine war. Ankara could remedy European defense, revive the aging population in the continent “This could only happen with Ankara’s EU membership”

Turkish Foreign Minister: We are concerned about Netanyahu's attempt to return to war in Gaza and we call on him to stop his operations in the West Bank

Turkish Foreign Minister: I discussed with Lavrov the necessity of preserving Syria's unity

Turkish warplanes strike SDF targets on the Sarrin line south of Kobane/Aynel Arab

Erdogan: Türkiye needs to get rid of its problems, especially the scourge of terrorism, while a new world is being created

Iraq’s oil ministry confirms the completion of measures to resume oil production from the Kurdistan Region via Turkey's Ceyhan port

Turkish aircraft target SDF militia sites in the vicinity of Sarrin and Tishreen Dam with several raids

Turkish warplanes strike SDF targets on the Sarrin line west of Kobane

Turkish airstrikes target SDF sites south of Tal al-Shuyukh in Manbij countryside

On the issue of Türkiye President Erdogan’s recent comments over Kashmir, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal says, "We reject such objectionable comments on matters that are eternal to India. We have lodged a strong protest with the Turkish ambassador"

The Turkish Ministry of Defense announces the killing of two PKK militants in an operation targeting them in the Hakurk region in northern Iraq.

Amid artillery fire on frontlines of Teshreen dam Turkish fighter jets execute two airstrikes on Kobane countryside

The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced the killing of 9 militants from the Kurdistan Workers' Party, after they were spotted in the Kara and Hakurk regions in northern Iraq.

Il presidente turco Erdogan: - Riaffermiamo il nostro sostegno all'integrità territoriale, alla sovranità e all'indipendenza dell'Ucraina; - Siamo pronti a fornire qualsiasi supporto per porre fine a questa guerra in modo pacifico; - Questa guerra, che è costata molte vite, deve finire; - Siamo pronti a fare la nostra parte per la sicurezza marittima nel Mar Nero

Il presidente turco Erdogan: - Abbiamo sempre sostenuto l'istituzione di una pace negoziata tra Russia e Ucraina; - Grazie alla nostra corrispondenza diplomatica tra le parti, abbiamo realizzato l'accordo sul corridoio del grano del Mar Nero; - Negli ultimi anni, abbiamo incontrato i rappresentanti di Russia e Ucraina a vari livelli; - Anche il signor Trump ha affermato che la guerra dovrebbe finire attraverso il dialogo; - Per quanto riguarda i probabili colloqui di pace che si terranno tra Stati Uniti, Russia e Ucraina, credo che la Turchia sarà un ospite molto adatto per tali colloqui.

Il ministro degli Esteri turco Hakan Fidan ha incontrato il ministro della Difesa ucraino Rustem Umerov ad Ankara, capitale della Turchia.

The Turkish Armed Forces hit the SDF targets located on the Ayn Issa line with artillery fire

A short while ago, Turkish warplanes launched 3 raids on SDF positions in the "Zor Maghar" area on the Euphrates River opposite the city of Jarabulus, east of Aleppo, destroying missile launch pads and tunnels

Il presidente turco Recep Tayyip Erdogan accoglie il suo omologo ucraino Volodymyr Zelenskyy al Complesso presidenziale di Ankara

Turkish Ministry of National Defense announced that two PKK militants were neutralized in the Gara and Claw-Lock Operation regions in northern Iraq.