Erdoğan hails new page in Turkey’s history as Kurdish fighters lay down arms Financial Times Kurdish PKK Fighters Burn Weapons in Step Toward Peace With Turkey The New York Times Turkish president hails the start of disarmament by militant Kurdish separatists AP News PKK disarmament opens new page for Turkey, Erdogan says Reuters After decades of insurgency against Turkey, … Read more
Security in the region that the Kurds dominate is overseen by the armed Syrian Democratic Forces, which include the People’s Protection Units (YPG). Turkey classifies the YPG as a terrorist organization and says the group is tied to the Kurdistan Workers Party, which has been fighting an insurgency in Turkey since the 1980s. “The only … Read more
The F-16 action comes after Turkey’s parliament approved Sweden’s accession into NATO on Tuesday and amid signs Turkey and its fellow NATO ally Greece were repairing ties. The package would be the second major military sale to Turkey that Congress has approved in recent months. In April, Washington signed off on a $259 million package … Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says his country’s endorsement for Sweden’s NATO membership depends on U.S. congressional approval to sell F-16 fighter jets to Turkey. “Positive developments from the United States regarding the F-16 issue and Canada keeping its promises will accelerate our parliament’s positive view on [Sweden’s membership],” Erdoğan said in comments reported by … Read more