Turkey's President Vows to Fight Kurdish Militants

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to press ahead with a military campaign against Kurdish militants, after his ruling party swept to victory earlier this week in parliamentary elections. Erdogan said Wednesday Turkey will continue its fight until every militant from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party, the PKK, is defeated. Turkish planes have been bombing targets in Kurdish-majority southeastern Turkey and in northern Iraq. Hundreds of people have been killed in...

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