Erdogan vows to hunt down PKK as Turkey buries slain mother, baby - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Amberin Zaman

Amberin Zaman

Aug 1, 2018

A member of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) carries an automatic rifle on a road in the Qandil Mountains, the PKK headquarters in northern Iraq, on June 22, 2018. - Hundreds of Iraqi Kurds marched Friday to protest Turkish strikes against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) after Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara would press an operation against its bases. (Photo by SAFIN HAMED / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images) — A member of the Kurdistan Workers Party carries an automatic rifle on a road in the Qandil Mountains in northern Iraq, June 22, 2018. — SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images

Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), accompanied by Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), speaks with reporters following the party luncheons on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - RC1567898790

US spending bill drops Turkey sanctions

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, accompanied by Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu, blows a watchmen whistle during a ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, August 25, 2017. REUTERS/Murad Sezer - RC16D1688D50

What will it take to defuse US-Turkey crisis?

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Turkish soldiers stand guard at the entrance of the Aliaga court and prison complex, during the trial of US pastor Andrew Brunson, held on charges of aiding terror groups, in Aliaga, north of Izmir, on April 16, 2018.
Brunson, who ran a church in the western city of Izmir, was detained by Turkish authorities in October 2016. If convicted, he risks up to 35 years in jail. / AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSE (Photo credit should read OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images)

US sanctions loom over defiant Turkey

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture

Turkey bombs PKK targets in northern Iraq as government's ratings sag

Amberin Zaman

In London, reporting on geopolitics, minorities, human rights, culture