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Turkish President Approves Kurdish Peace Process Law

Turkish President Abdullah Gul approved a law on Tuesday for peace talks with Kurdish militants in an important step towards ending a three-decade insurgency less than a month before a presidential election. The bill could be a vote-winner for Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, who is hoping to attract Kurdish support as he bids to become Turkey's first directly elected president in a nationwide poll on Aug. 10. Turkey, a NATO member state, began peace talks with jailed Kurdish...

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