May 27, 2012
 |
Mine explosion kills one soldier in Hakkari
11 May 2010 / TODAY’S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL
One soldier was killed and another was injured yesterday when they stepped on a mine believed to have been planted by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Hakkari’s Yüksekova district. The names of the soldiers were not released by the time Today’s Zaman went to print. The injured soldier was taken to Hakkari Military Hospital.
Dozens of soldiers have been killed in clashes with the outlawed PKK or due to mine blasts over the past few weeks. The PKK resorting to violence again at a time when Parliament has just approved a constitutional reform package has led to claims that some dark forces allied with the PKK were trying to increase tension in the country to prevent the reforms. The PKK, which is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the European Union and the United States, has been waging a bloody war in Turkey’s Southeast since 1984, claiming the lives of tens of thousands of people.
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BÜLENT KENEŞ |  |
||
| What befell Niyazi-i Misri in the past is happening to Fethullah Gülen now | |||
| EKREM DUMANLI |  |
||
| When a call for fairness and reason finds acceptance | |||
| ŞAHİN ALPAY |  |
||
| Uludere, test case for democracy in Turkey | |||
| EMRE USLU |  |
||
| Are the Kurds mentally divorced from Turkey? | |||
| GÖKHAN BACIK |  |
||
| Erdoğan, Gül and Davutoğlu: the inner bargain on Turkish foreign policy | |||
| MARKAR ESAYAN |  |
||
| Taking lessons from previous experiences with the military | |||
| YAVUZ BAYDAR |  |
||
| Qualm | |||
| ÖMER TAŞPINAR |  |
||
| A new phase in Syria? | |||
| İHSAN DAĞI |  |
||
| Turkish foreign policy: Time for a re-evaluation | |||
| SEYFETTİN GÜRSEL |  |
||
| Poor-friendly economic growth and the AK Party | |||
| CHARLOTTE MCPHERSON |  |
||
| Missing women, missing opportunities | |||
| BERK ÇEKTİR |  |
||
| Changes to incentives for investment in Turkey | |||
| MERVE BÜŞRA ÖZTÜRK |  |
||
| The 1960 coup: a final test for democracy | |||
| AMANDA PAUL |  |
||
| Ukraine: a lost country | |||
| MÜMTAZER TÜRKÖNE |  |
||
| The 52nd anniversary of May 27 | |||
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
