Turkey based its decision on the alleged rise of PKK-linked activity in the northern Iraqi city.

Turkey based its decision on the alleged rise of PKK-linked activity in the northern Iraqi city.
Sebnem Korur Fincanci sentenced to nearly three years in prison for disseminating ‘terror organisation propaganda’.
A xenophobic gunman is suspected of killing two men and one woman at a Kurdish cultural centre last month.
Fears grow of Turkish ground operations in Syria.
All the updates from November 14, as they happened.
Turkey is fighting PKK forces based in northern Iraq, most recently launching Operation Claw-Lock in April.
Turkey says its soldiers were killed during clashes with fighters from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
President Erdogan says delegations from the NATO-seeking countries ‘shouldn’t bother’ coming to Ankara for discussions.
Ankara says the air and ground operation, which started Sunday night, is targeting PKK fighters in northern Iraq.
Air attacks against PKK and YPG positions in northern Syria’s Derik and Sinjar, Karacak in northern Iraq.
The singer was taken into custody from his home in Sanliurfa over alleged links to banned Kurdish militia, sources say.
The attack took place on Sunday in a region where Turkey was carrying out a cross-border operation.
Turkish forces retaliated against those carrying out the attack and three PKK fighters were killed.
Baghdad says it gave the diplomat a ‘protest note’ over the defence minister’s visit to a Turkish base in northern Iraq.