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Turkish police detained on Monday about 90 people in 18 provinces across the country over suspected links to the outlawed kurdistan workers party (PKK) militant group, state media reported.

kurdistan workers party dissolved after a long insurgency against Turkey. Basque separatist group ETA ended its armed operations after four decades. Colombian rebel group FARC signed a peace deal with the government. Moro Islamic Liberation Front also signed a peace deal with the Philippines government. Tamil Tigers were crushed in Sri Lanka.

Turkey is being blamed for killing at least two people and injuring two more in northern Iraq's Kurdistan region in a drone strike. Late on Saturday, the vehicle of Turkish Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was targeted near the town of Penjwen, close to the Iranian border, according to anonymous officials.

Turkish police have detained 18 people for "praising terrorism" after the killing of soldiers last week, while a high-level outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) member was "neutralised" in northern Iraq, authorities said on Monday. Nine Turkish soldiers died in clashes with the PKK in northern Iraq on Friday, prompting Ankara to conduct air strikes and operations both there and in northern Syria.

A violent clash erupted in Turkey's parliament as opposition lawmakers attempted to prevent the swearing-in of a controversial judicial minister. The incident occurred during a cabinet reshuffle, with legislators seen pushing and punching each other. The new appointments come amid ongoing constitutional reform debates and peace initiatives.

Turkey said it had "neutralised" 12 members of the outlawed kurdistan workers party (PKK) in northern Iraq's Metina region as part of cross-border military campaign that it has warned could expand in coming months. The defence ministry's use of the term "neutralised" commonly means killed. The PKK is designated a terrorist group by Turkey, the United States and the EU.

Three members of the Iraqi counter-terrorism service were killed and three others wounded on Monday in a drone strike on the small military airport of Arbid in Iraq's Kurdistan region, the Iraqi military said.

Turkey intensifies airstrikes against Kurdish groups in Syria and northern Iraq in retaliation for the deaths of 12 Turkish soldiers. The Turkish defense ministry reports killing at least 26 militants. Turkish airstrikes in northeast Syria result in the deaths of at least 8 civilians and the injury of 12 others. The strikes also target oil industry sites, health facilities, and vital infrastructure, reducing electricity production by 50%. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and the Kurdish administration call for UN intervention to address the escalating violence.

Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Istanbul to rally against Israel's war in Gaza and the killing of Turkish soldiers by Kurdish militants. The rally, organized by a foundation with ties to President Erdogan's son, began after morning prayers at iconic mosques in Istanbul. Protesters waved Turkish and Palestinian flags as they chanted slogans against Israel. Erdogan, a vocal supporter of the Palestinian cause, has accused Israel of state terrorism and compared Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler.

Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid announced that he will summon Turkey's ambassador to hand him a formal letter of protest over recent Turkish airstrikes on Iraqi territory. The airstrike targeted a military airport in the Kurdish region, resulting in casualties. The president condemned the attacks as unjustified aggression against innocent civilians and military targets.

A Turkish drone strike killed four members of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq Thursday, hours after a similar strike killed three militants, Iraqi Kurdish authorities said.

Around 260 members of the outlawed kurdistan workers party (PKK) have been killed and hundreds more wounded in Ankara's week-long campaign of air strikes against targets of the group inside Turkey and in northern Iraq, Turkey's official news agency said today.

Five civilians were killed on Wednesday when their car was hit in a bomb attack in Turkey's southeast, local officials said.

Turkish officials led by Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will engage in talks with Iraqi counterparts in Baghdad on Thursday to address security concerns, focusing on Turkey's operations against the PKK in Iraq. This "security summit" will also include Defence Minister Yasar Guler and intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin. Ankara has ramped up cross-border operations against the PKK which is based in northern Iraq's mountainous regions.

A total of 18 people were killed in a car bomb in southeastern Turkey on Sunday, among them eight civilians, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said. Earlier reports put the toll at nine dead. Another 26 people, 10 soldiers and 16 civilians, were injured in the blast.

The Swedish intelligence service's recent arrests of a Kurdish community representative and a Swedish diplomat are linked to a Swedish journalist facing "terror" charges in Turkey, Swedish media reported. According to Sveriges Radio, one of the suspects in Sapo's case is a Swedish citizen who is a leading representative for Kurds in Northern Syria.

Turkey's military says at least 45 Kurdish rebels were killed in the air strikes it conducted in northern Iraq following the suicide car bombing in Ankara. The Turkish Prime Minister said authorities are "almost certain" that yesterday's attack was the work of the PKK.

"This morning, terrorists attacked a natural gas pipeline inside Turkey near Iran's Bazargan border with Turkey ...Flow of gas has been halted," said Mehdi Jamshidi-Dana, director of National Iranian Gas Co.

Senior Turkish and Iraqi officials met in Ankara to discuss cooperation on security issues, as relations improved following Turkish President Erdogan's visit to Baghdad. Iraq labelled the PKK a banned organization. Talks aim to institutionalize agreements and evaluate further initiatives, with Turkey's cross-border operations set to continue until terrorism is eradicated.

Sirri Sureyya Onder, a veteran politician who won respect across Turkey's political spectrum for his efforts to end years of conflict with the country's Kurdish ethnic minority, has died aged 62, an Istanbul hospital said on Saturday. Known for his stubborn determination and irrepressible sense of humour, his efforts to promote peace won him widespread respect.

A delegation from Turkey's main pro-Kurdish DEM party is due on Saturday to visit jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, who is serving life on a prison island off Istanbul, a party source said. "The delegation left in the morning,"without elaborating how they would travel to the island for security reasons.

The scene was to have hosted an anti-government peace rally organised by leftist groups later in the day.