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ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's military said on Sunday its fighter jets hit 12 Kurdish separatist targets in northern Iraq's Qandil region in an operation that started at midnight.

ANKARA, Turkey The new government founded under Turkish Prime Minister Abdullah Gul has won a vote of confidence in the Parliamentary General Assembly.

Turkish officials stated that their warplanes bombed 13 "rebel targets" in northern Iraq on Wednesday, AP reported. Turkey has conducted frequent air raids on suspected positions of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, in northern Iraq. Earlier this year, it also launched a weeklong ground offensive there. ... The PKK has been fighting for self-rule in southeast Turkey since 1984. The violence has killed tens of thousands of people since then. The rebels use bases in Iraq as a staging ground

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Long-standing YouTube ban lifted only for several hours Today's Zaman, Turkey - Jun 18, 2008 A meeting convened yesterday in Abant, sponsored by turk.internet.com and the Ankara Bar Association. Parties involved tried to reach agreement over a ... Meeting to discuss blocking access to Web sites Turkish Daily News (subscription) all 9 news articles

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Experts: Maintain balance between freedoms and respect for values Today's Zaman, Turkey - Jun 19, 2008 A two-day workshop sponsored by Ankara Bar Association and turk.internet.com was held on June 18 and 19 to discuss online censorship in an attempt to ...