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HPG Claims Responsibility For AKP Politician Aktert’s Murder

HPG Claims Responsibility For AKP Politician Aktert’s Murder

HPG has claimed responsibility for the murders of AKP Dicle District Chairperson Deryan Aktert and village guard Ahmet Adıyaman.

11 October 2016

HPG Claims Responsibility For Attack in Şemdinli

HPG Claims Responsibility For Attack in Şemdinli

HPG has claimed responsibility for the bomb attack in Şemdinli district of Hakkari province, killing 15 people including 10 soldiers and five civilians.

11 October 2016

HPG Claims Responsibility for Killing of AKP Executive

HPG Claims Responsibility for Killing of AKP Executive

HPG has claimed responsibility for killing of AKP Van’s Özalp District Vice Chair Aydın Muştu by raiding his house.

11 October 2016

HPG Claims Responsibility for Van Attack

HPG Claims Responsibility for Van Attack

HPG has claimed responsibility for the attack that was launched in Van on Tuesday (September 12).

14 September 2016

Two Soldiers Killed in Çukurca

Two Soldiers Killed in Çukurca

Two soldiers have lost their lives in a clash which broke out between soldiers and members of the PKK in the operations carried out in the rural area of Çukurca district in Hakkari this morning.

5 September 2016

HPG Claims Responsibility for Bomb Attack on Midyat Security Directorate

HPG Claims Responsibility for Bomb Attack on Midyat Security Directorate

People’s Defence Forces have claimed responsibility for the bomb attack on Midyat Security Directorate in Mardin province in southeastern Turkey.

Statement by HPG on Explosion in Sur

Statement by HPG on Explosion in Sur

HPG issuing a statement on the explosion which left four people dead, 12 others missing in Dürümlü hamlet of Diyarbakır’s Sur district has said the explosion blasted by fire opened on the vehicle.

PKK Denies Allegations on 3 Dead Soldiers

PKK Denies Allegations on 3 Dead Soldiers

PKK authorities released a statement that denied their involvement in the death of 3 Turkish Army soldiers in Yüksekova district on October 25. “We didn’t give any order,” the statement said.

28 October 2014

Davutoğlu: Threats Will Be Responded

Davutoğlu: Threats Will Be Responded

“We will take the most efficient measures against all threats concerning our border security and respond immediately,” Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said regarding the ongoing clashes on the Syrian border.

HPG: Counter Forces Are Behind Attacks

HPG: Counter Forces Are Behind Attacks

HPG released a statement, saying that counter forces were behind yesterday’s attacks on civillians in Kanoğlu village located in the southeastern province of Dersim (Tunceli). “Counter forces are active in Tatvan and Hizan districts of Bitlis Province,” the statement said.

KCK, PKK, HPG Declare Ceasefire

KCK, PKK, HPG Declare Ceasefire

KCK Executive Council Chair Murat Karayılan declared an official ceasefire with Turkey yesterday, adding that they were ready to withdraw from Turkey depending on Turkish administration's response to the ongoing peace efforts.

Kidnapped Personnel Returned

Kidnapped Personnel Returned

The public servants who had been kidnapped by the PKK have been handed over to a delegation. After meeting with their families in Zaho, they have entered Turkey from Habur.

Abducted Workers Released

Abducted Workers Released

The People's Defence Forces, an armed wing of the PKK, released two workers that were abducted on 14 July in Dersim in south-eastern Anatolia. The workers reportedly worked at the construction site of a military building.

Second Death Threat against Kurdish Politician Miroğlu in 3 Months

Second Death Threat against Kurdish Politician Miroğlu in 3 Months

A death threat against the Kurdish politician Miroğlu was posted on the website of the HPG, an armed wing of the outlawed PKK. The article signed by Toprak Cengiz read, "If he continues like this, we will put a red line into use! Miroğlu will be dead then!"

30 November 2010 Erol Önderoğlu

PKK Warns: Intensified Fighting if No Change in Government Attitude

Kurdish Question

PKK Warns: Intensified Fighting if No Change in Government Attitude

As the unilateral ceasefire of the PKK has come to an end, no concrete plans for a peace process have emerged yet.

Intellectuals Rally in Support of Sociologist Beşikçi

A group of intellectuals and academics has condemned a PKK-related group, HPG, for openly threatening sociologist İsmail Beşikçi on their website.

4 February 2009