WorldANKARA, AFP -Eastern Turkey was rocked by two deadly bombings against police as Kurdish guerrillas launched a new campaign of attacks targeting areas that are not predominantly Kurdish. “We will thwart the PKK like we thwarted FETO (Fethullah Terrorist Organisation),” Defence Minister Fikri Isik told the state-run Anadolu news agency, using the name Ankara gives to the movement led by Gulen. Former prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu suggested on Twitter that Gulen's movement was working with the PKK, which is listed as a terrorist organisation by Ankara, the United States and the European Union. - 'Exploiting the crisis' - =========================== A source close to the Turkish government told AFP that the PKK was taking “advantage of the current atmosphere in Turkey”. The government has responded with military operations against the group, killing more than 7,000 militants in Turkey and northern Iraq, the agency said.

Source: Sunday Times August 18, 2016 10:52 UTC