Turkey's culture has a unique blend of Eastern and Western tradition. The southeast is not mountainous, but rather an arid plateau bounded by those great historic rivers, the Tigris to the east and the Euphrates to the west. Many of the people there are Turkish citizens of Kurdish descent. ...more

May 27, 2008

Turkish warplanes, helicopters and artillery bombed suspected hideouts of Kurdish rebels in remote, mountainous terrain of northern Iraq on Saturday. ...more

February 24, 2008

Supported by air power, Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq on Friday in their first major ground incursion against Kurdish rebel bases in nearly a decade. But Turkey sought to avoid confrontation with U.S.-backed Iraq, saying the guerrillas were its only target. ...more

February 23, 2008

Turkey sent hundreds of troops across the border into the frigid mountains of northern Iraq on Tuesday, claiming it inflicted heavy losses on Turkish Kurd rebels in the small-scale incursion and from air strikes two days earlier. ...more

December 19, 2007

President Jalal Talabani of Iraq has criticized Syria for supporting Turkey's threat to carry out military attacks against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq. ...more

October 21, 2007