Turkey: `31 PKK terrorists` killed in Hakkari operation

TURKISH COAST GUARD RESCUES 129 REFUGEESE
MUGLA, Turkey
FEARS REMAIN OVER EXCLUSIONS DAYS BEFORE
MYANMAR VOTE
At least 129 refugees, mostly Syrian, have been rescued off
the coast of Turkey’s western Mugla province.
The Wednesday operation followed a failed attempt to
reach the nearby Greek island of Rhodes, Turkish coast
guard officials have said.
Refugees were reported to have arrived in Gemiler Bay on
Tuesday and stayed in the woods overnight. A 14-meter
day-trip vessel packed with ... >TURKEY
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TURKISH AIRLINES SPONSORS EUROPEAN RUGBY
CHAMPIONS CUP
ANKARA (AA) - Turkish Airlines has become an official
With just three days to go before voters take to the polls in
partner of the European Rugby Champions Cup and the
Thursday
Myanmar, concerns continue to be raised about barriers to
Challenge Cup, the company announced.
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participation.
According to a press bulletin on the Turkish national carri-
When election officials released the final list of candidates
er’s website Wednesday, the firm will be one of the sponsors
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to stand in the Nov. 8 vote more than a hundred candidates
of the event until the end of the 2017-18 season.
Friday
-- including many Muslims -- were excluded, underlining
The sponsorship was announced at the European Profes-
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a series of problems that threaten to damage the poll’s cred-
sional Club Rugby’s (EPCR) tournament launch for the
ibility. >WORLD
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Thusday - November 5, 2015
Turkey: ‘31 PKK terrorists’ killed
in Hakkari operation
THE TURKISH ARMY HAS KILLED 31 PKK TERRORISTS WITHIN THE LAST 24 HOURS
IN ITS ONGOING OPERATION IN TURKEY’S SOUTHEASTERN HAKKARI PROVINCE
Separately, 10 PKK terrorists surrendered to security forces in Turkey’s
southeastern Sirnak province Thursday, the army added.
Turkish army began its air-andground operations against PKK
terrorist organization inside Turkey
and northern Iraq in late July, as the
PKK renewed its armed campaign
against the Turkish state following a
two-and-a-half year cease-fire.
The PKK is considered as a terrorist
organization by Turkey, the U.S. and
the EU.
ANKARA
At least 31 PKK terrorists have been
killed in ongoing security operations
in Turkey’s southeastern Hakkari
province within the last 24 hours,
Turkish military said Thursday.
According to statements posted on
the Turkish General Staff website, the
military killed 15 PKK terrorists on
Wednesday and another 16 members
of the organization on Thursday
in ongoing security operations in
Hakkari province’s Yuksekova district.
Two Turkish soldiers were martyred
and another was slightly injured
Wednesday in the same operations.
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Russia Proposes 7-Point Peace Plan for Syria
ASSAD TO GRADUALLY STEP ASIDE UNDER RUSSIAN PLAN
by Zaki Shaikh and Andrew Jay
Rosenbaum LONDON
The Russian government has proposed a seven-point peace plan for
Syria, ahead of the next international
negotiations slated to be held in Geneva starting on Nov. 13.
The most notable aspect of the plan
is that it calls for Assad to eventually
leave power, after the transition to a
new government has been made.
Shortly after Turkish President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan’s telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir
Putin on Wednesday, the Russian
press reported that the Kremlin could
change its position on the survival of
the Assad regime.
The plan, which was leaked to the
Russian press on Nov. 3, upholds this
view. It proposes a “no winners, no
losers” solution which analysts say is
similar to the Taif agreement of 1989
which put an end to civil war in Lebanon.
For now, there has been no official reaction to the plan from Western governments.
According to the plan, there cannot
be a “winner-takes-all” outcome to
the conflict, explained Vladimir Florov, a PR advisor to the Russian government, in an article on the website
Gazeta.ru. >MORE DETAILS
Anti-PKK operations to continue
without break: Erdogan
TURKISH PRESIDENT HAS RENAMED THE ‘SOLUTION PROCESS’, WHICH WAS
INITIATED BY AK PARTY TO END THE KURDISH CONFLICT, AS THE ‘NATIONAL
UNITY AND FRATERNITY PROCESS’
ANKARA
Turkish President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan has renamed the “solution
process”, which was initiated by the
Justice and Development (AK) Party
to end the Kurdish conflict, as the
“National Unity and Fraternity Process”.
In a meeting with mukhtars -- locally elected village and neighborhood
leaders -- at the Presidential Palace
WEATHER
in Ankara on Wednesday, Erdogan
said: “The upcoming term is not a
discussion or a debate term. In all
honesty I can say that it is a term
that it will have results. From now
on it is a ‘National Unity and Fraternity Process’,” Erdogan said.
“The operations against PKK in
Turkey and abroad are being taken
in a determined way. There will be
no break, we will go on,” the president said.
Erdogan said they would struggle until terrorists lay down their
arms and until the organization is
dissolved as the PKK members go
abroad.
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Istanbul Police Detain 44 in Drug
Traficking Operation
STREETS VENDORS IN ISTANBUL’S SISLI DISTRICT WERE ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED
IN DRUG TRAFFICKING
ISTANBUL
At least 44 suspects have been taken into custody early Thursday in
a drug trafficking operation in Istanbul,
police said.
Around 500 police officers carried
out the helicopter-assisted operation
against street vendors who are suspected of dealing drugs in the Kustepe neighborhood of Istanbul’s Sisli district.
Arrest warrants have also been issued
for 59 more suspects who were allegedly involved in drug trafficking,
Istanbul Police Department Narcotic Branch Office said.
Police said they simultaneously raided 78 apartments and seized three
pump rifles, two unlicensed guns,
ammunition, drugs and documents
showing drug trafficking notes.
Police said they had been closely
monitoring the suspects for seven
months.
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UN chief congratulates
Turkey on elections
BAN KI-MOON ENCOURAGES POLITICAL PARTIES ‘TO WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER TO STRENG
THEN THE PEACE, STABILITY AND DEMOCRACY
IN THE COUNTRY’
NEW YORK
UN Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon on Wednesday
congratulated Turkey and
its government on the Nov.
1 parliamentary elections,
which saw the Justice and
Development (AK) Party secure an outright majority.
In a statement issued by his
spokesperson, Ban encouraged the AK Party and all political parties “to work closely
together to strengthen the
peace, stability and democra-
cy in the country”.
According to preliminary
results, the AK Party won
over 49 percent of the votes,
a higher proportion than predictions by opinion polls. The
party won 317 seats in the
550-member Turkish parliament.
The Republican People’s Party (CHP) came second with
25.3 percent, followed by
the Nationalist Movement
Party at 11.9 percent and the
Peoples’ Democratic Party
(HDP) at 10.7 percent.
Sunday’s snap vote was called
following an inconclusive
general election in June,
which saw no party win an
outright majority. Months
of subsequent talks between
parties failed to produce a coalition. >MORE DETAILS
Turkey: AK Party victory good
for economy, Moody’s says
ELECTION VICTORY FOR THE AK PARTY LARGELY REDUCED
POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY, AND STRUCTURAL REFORMS FOR
THE LABOR MARKET AND INVESTMENT ARENA WOULD BE
FACILITATED
ANKARA
Turkey’s general election
on Nov. 1 has resulted in a
more stable and predictable
political environment for
the implementation of economic reforms, credit rating
agency Moody’s Vice President Alpona Banerji said on
Wednesday.
Speaking at the Ninth Turkey Annual Credit Risks
Conference, Banarji said that
the victory for the Justice and
Development (AK) Party,
which can now govern on its
own, largely reduced political
uncertainty, and paved the
way for structural reforms for the
labor market and investment arena.
Banerji explained that all
emerging economies, including Turkey, which have been
rated at “Baa” by Moody’s are
exposed to risks due to rapid
movements of capital.
Turkey looks more fragile
than other countries in re-
75 Palestinians
killed in 1st month
of new ‘Intifada’
AT LEAST 2,350 PALESTINIANS HURT BY
ISRAELI GUNFIRE SINCE OCT. 1, ACCORDING
TO FIGURES FROM PALESTINIAN HEALTH
MINISTRY
Turkey’s general election
on Nov. 1 has resulted in a
more stable and predictable
political environment for the
implementation of economic
reforms, credit rating agency
Moody’s Vice President Alpona Banerji said on Wednesday.
Speaking at the Ninth Turkey Annual Credit Risks
Conference, Banarji said that
the victory for the Justice and
Development (AK) Party,
which can now govern on its
own, largely reduced political
uncertainty, and paved the
way for structural reforms for the
labor market and investment arena.
Banerji explained that all
emerging economies, including Turkey, which have been
rated at “Baa” by Moody’s are
exposed to risks due to rapid
movements of capital. >MORE DETAILS
Turkey in plans to
launch military op.
against Daesh: FM
FOREIGN MINISTER SINIRLIOGLU WAS
IN ERBIL IN NORTHERN IRAQ ON
WEDNESDAY
ERBIL, Iraq (AA) - Turkey
has plans to launch a military operation against Daesh
in the near future, the Turkish foreign minister said on
Wednesday.
Feridun Sinirlioglu was at a
conference on the future of
Middle East, held in Erbil in
northern Iraq’s Kurdish region.
“Daesh threatens our way
of life and security. [...] We
have plans to act militarily
against them in the coming
days. You will see. We should
all stand together against this
danger,” he said.
Daesh is believed to have been
behind the Ankara bombing
that killed 102 people.
The Ankara Chief Public
Prosecutor’s office said last
Wednesday that a Daesh cell
from Gaziantep, a province in
southern Turkey that borders
Syria, carried out the Oct.
10 bombing, which was the
deadliest in recent Turkish
history.
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gard to capital flight, due to
its large amount of debt in
major currencies of which
short-term debt constituted a
major share, he said.
While the slowdown in China is affecting most emerging
markets, Turkey is less exposed as Turkey’s trade with
China is limited, Banerji
pointed out.
Moody’s is scheduled to review Turkey’s credit rating
on Dec. 4,... >MORE DETAILS
French police
raid far-right
leader’s home
in tax probe
NATIONAL FRONT LEADER
LE PEN, CURRENTLY ON A
TRIP ABROAD, HAS DENIED
ANY WRONGDOING,
IMPLYING THE RAID IS
POLITICALLY MOTIVATED
BY THE RULING SOCIAL
PARTY
Australian
race laws fail
local Muslims,
report says
HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION REPORT
CLAIMS AUSTRALIAN
MUSLIMS NOT ADEQUATELY
PROTECTED BY RACIAL
DISCRIMINATION ACT
UK opposition
leader urges
Europe to
domore
for refugees