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The Foreign Desk - Explainer 343: Turkey vs the PKK
23 November 2022
Andrew Mueller explains Turkey’s longstanding and violent feud with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party.
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23 November 2022
Andrew Mueller explains Turkey’s longstanding and violent feud with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party.
13 March 2013
An update on Kurdish peace talks as the PKK releases hostages, we hear from Rome about the new Pope, and question how newspapers report on their paymasters.
18 August 2014
We forecast the future of the PKK, discuss criminal confessions on Chinese TV, chat with crusading Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón, get the business news from Shanghai, and review the morning papers with Peter Cardwell.
10 January 2013
We ask how the murder of three Kurdish activists in Paris will affect the PKK, look at the euro’s new design, and check in with our woman in Hong Kong – Liv Lewitschnik.
25 February 2021
Why has Amnesty stripped Alexei Navalny of his ‘prisoner of conscience’ status? Plus: Turkey’s crackdown on the PKK; film-maker James Fletcher on his Trump documentary and we explore Pakistan’s pop charts.
29 July 2015
We discuss Turkey’s attacks on the PKK, explore the aftermath of a Finnish politician’s controversial remarks and look at a planned multibillion-dollar facelift for New York’s LaGuardia Airport. Plus: Monocle’s fashion…
16 May 2013
We ask the foreign editor of Haberturk newspaper about the PKK’s involvement in Iraq, talk TV advertising with Brian Steinberg of Variety, and have live reactions to the day’s semi-finals with our Eurovision correspondent…
25 April 2013
The latest on the PKK’s announcement to withdraw from Turkey, we also speak to Mark Blyth – author of new book “Austerity: The History Of A Dangerous Idea”, and hear from the Baselworld watch fair.
7 September 2015
We discuss Europe’s latest steps to cope with its refugee crisis as Germany approves €6bn in funding. We also turn to Turkey, after the PKK hits 15 Turkish soldiers. Plus: we head to Japan where the town of Naraha, evacu…
12 July 2013
We ask what new leadership in the PKK means for the group’s fragile peace with Turkey, our correspondent in Denmark goes behind the scenes of Copenhagen’s newest blockbuster exhibition, and we bring you part two of our…
7 November 2015
Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has a majority once more. But what will this mean for the country’s Kurdish population? Peace talks with the PKK are over and the conflict has begun again. Is a political solution…
5 November 2015
We discuss why the PKK has ended its fragile ceasefire with the Turkish government, learn why Justin Trudeau has reintroduced the national census in Canada and hear from astronaut Colonel Ron Garan about why Nasa is trying…
4 April 2013
We profile PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan and discuss prospects for peace in Turkey, find out why Putin is making Russian officials drop foreign assets and head to Brazil as we continue our series on TV around the world.
4 August 2015
As the violence against the PKK escalates and there is still no government in place, we ask exactly what is going on in Turkey. We also assess Cristina Kirchner’s legacy as the vote approaches in Argentina and find out why…
10 August 2015
As Turkey’s conflict with the PKK intensifies, we assess the latest news following attacks on police and military targets. Then, a year after the killing by police of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, Ferguson has once again…
7 August 2015
After reports that Japan may give planes to Manila to help patrol the South China Sea, we ask what such a move would mean and how much it would rile China. Plus, we hear about Turkey’s efforts to secure energy infrastruc…
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