PKK Conflict Sparks Fears of Wider Turkey-Kurdish Clashes

Widespread anger toward a Kurdish rebel group in Turkey is widening to include that country's Kurdish minority. As fighting escalates between Turkish security forces and the PKK,Turkish nationalists have held nationwide protests against the Kurdish rebels. More than 100 soldiers and police have been killed since the collapse of a two-year cease-fire and peace process. The rising death toll has prompted Turkish nationalists to target their anger not only at the PKK, but at...

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