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Turkey, Iran to collaborate against Kurdish rebels

By SELCAN HACAOGLU, Associated Press – 2 hours ago

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey and Iran vowed Friday to collaborate in their fight against Kurdish rebels, as thousands of Turkish troops pressed ahead with an air and ground offensive against the militants in northern Iraq for a third day.

The foreign ministers of Iran and Turkey announced plans to cooperate against rebels of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, and its Iranian wing, the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan, or PJAK, during a joint news conference in Ankara.

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Turkish Media Weigh Their Words on PKK
October 22, 2011, 6:26 PM CET

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As evidence of the heightened emotions on the topic, the international news agency Reuters this week was heavily criticized by Turks for not calling members of the PKK terrorists, instead defining them as “militants”, “guerrillas” or “Kurdish rebels.” That more neutral language is widely used by international media when covering the PKK.

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Turkey has a poor reputation for protecting media freedoms. Tens of journalists are in jail – by some counts more than in China – and journalists’ associations say broad antiterrorism laws are the core of the problem, making it too easy for reporters to be jailed for “disseminating terrorist propaganda.”

On Friday, the leader of the opposition Republican People’s Party, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, accused Mr. Erdogan of creating an atmosphere of censorship in the country.

http://blogs.wsj.com/emergingeurope/201 ... _news_blog

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29 October 2011 Last updated at 07:55 ET

'Suicide bombing' hits Turkish town

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15506528

At least two people have been killed by an explosion reportedly caused by a female suicide bomber in a town in south-east Turkey.

The Turkish interior ministry said the attack took place in Bingol.

At least 10 people were injured, one seriously, hospital officials said. It is not clear if the two fatalities include the bomber.

Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin said the blast happened near the offices of the government's AK Party.

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