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Three soldiers, one Kurd killed in Turkey unrest
17h11 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 30, 2007 (AFP) - Three Turkish soldiers died Saturday in a landmine explosion in the east of the country, security sources said, the day after a Kurdish rebel was killed by army troops.
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Prominent Turkish Kurd politician dies
07h37 - ANKARA, June 29, 2007 (AFP) - Prominent Turkish Kurd politician Orhan Dogan died Friday in hospital in the eastern city of Van after suffering a heart attack at the weekend, doctors said.
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Turkish army kills eight Kurdish rebels
16h56 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 27, 2007 (AFP) - Eight Kurdish rebels were killed Wednesday in a major security sweep in Turkey's restive southeast, local security sources said.
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Turkish army chief insists on incursion into Iraq
10h05 - ANKARA, June 27, 2007 (AFP) - The head of the Turkish armed forces insisted Wednesday on the need for a military incursion into northern Iraq to hunt down Turkish Kurd rebels based there, but said he needed the government's green light to do so.
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Iraq's 'Chemical Ali' to be executed for genocide
16h00 - BAGHDAD, June 24, 2007 (AFP) - An Iraqi court on Sunday condemned "Chemical Ali," the most notorious of Saddam Hussein's former henchmen, to death by hanging for genocide over the systematic slaughter of ethnic Kurds in 1988.
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Kurds rejoice at Chemical Ali's death sentence
15h15 - SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq, June 24, 2007 (AFP) - Kurds flocked into the streets in northern Iraq on Sunday, cheering, honking horns, waving banners and dancing after three of Saddam Hussein's former cohorts were sentenced to death for the mass killing of their people two decades ago.
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Eight killed in fresh violence in Turkey
13h50 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 24, 2007 (AFP) - A separatist Kurdish rebel and a civilian were killed in a botched suicide attack in eastern Turkey while fighting elsewhere left five rebels and a government militia member dead, local security sources and officials said Sunday.
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Turkey wants full EU membership: FM
12h17 - ATHENS, June 24, 2007 (AFP) - Turkey wants full EU membership and will not settle with just joining a Mediterranean partnership, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said in an interview published Sunday in a Greek newspaper.
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Anfal: a campaign of genocide against Kurds
10h21 - BAGHDAD, June 24, 2007 (AFP) - The Anfal campaign waged by the ousted regime of executed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in the late 1980s saw tens of thousands of Kurds killed and villages destroyed in an onslaught of air and ground bombardments, mass deportations and chemical attacks.
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Six killed in fresh violence in Turkey
09h34 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 24, 2007 (AFP) - A separatist Kurdish rebel and a civilian were killed in a botched suicide attack in eastern Turkey while fighting elsewhere left three rebels and a government militia member dead, local security sources and officials said Sunday.
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Judgement day for 'Chemical Ali' over Kurdish genocide
07h51 - BAGHDAD, June 24, 2007 (AFP) - An Iraqi court is to deliver its verdict on Sunday against six former aides of executed dictator Saddam Hussein, including the notorious "Chemical Ali," over the mass killing of 182,000 Kurds in 1988.
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Turks march against mounting Kurdish rebel attacks
18h57 - ISTANBUL, June 23, 2007 (AFP) - Some 1,500 people held a silent march through Istanbul on Saturday to protest against mounting attacks by separatist Kurdish rebels in the restive southeast of the country, the NTV news channel said.
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Anfal: Alleged genocide against Iraqi Kurds
14h09 - BAGHDAD, June 23, 2007 (AFP) - The Anfal campaign of the late 1980s, for which six former aides of Saddam Hussein are on trial, capped decades of hostility between Iraqi Kurds and the late dictator's regime.
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Turkish army kills two Kurdish rebels
08h01 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 23, 2007 (AFP) - Turkish soldiers killed two Kurdish rebels in fighting in the eastern province of Tunceli, the governor's office said Saturday.
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Turkish army kills three Kurdish rebels
07h56 - ANKARA, June 19, 2007 (AFP) - Turkish soldiers have killed three separatist Kurdish rebels in a security crackdown in the eastern province of Erzincan, officials said Tuesday.
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Iraqi FM warns Turkey off invading Kurdish north
17h08 - WASHINGTON, June 17, 2007 (AFP) - Any military incursion by Turkey into the Kurdish north of Iraq would undermine Iraq's sole haven of stability and is in no one's interest, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari warned Sunday.
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Car bomb kills two near Iraqi Kurdish party office
06h26 - KIRKUK, Iraq, June 17, 2007 (AFP) - A car bomb exploded near the office of a Kurdish party in the northern Iraqi oil hub of Kirkuk on Sunday, killing two security guards, police and medical officials told AFP.
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Iraqi FM warns Turkey off invading Kurdish north
17h08 - WASHINGTON, June 17, 2007 (AFP) - Any military incursion by Turkey into the Kurdish north of Iraq would undermine Iraq's sole haven of stability and is in no one's interest, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari warned Sunday.
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Car bomb kills two near Iraqi Kurdish party office
06h26 - KIRKUK, Iraq, June 17, 2007 (AFP) - A car bomb exploded near the office of a Kurdish party in the northern Iraqi oil hub of Kirkuk on Sunday, killing two security guards, police and medical officials told AFP.
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Kurdish rebels deny responsibility for Turkey bomb blast
15h22 - ANKARA, June 16, 2007 (AFP) - Kurdish rebels on Saturday denied responsibility for a bomb blast that wounded seven people in Turkey's main Kurdish city the previous day, a news agency close to the militants reported.
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Bomb blast wounds six in Turkey's main Kurdish city
11h32 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 15, 2007 (AFP) - A bomb exploded Friday in the centre of Diyarbakir, the main city in mainly Kurdish southeastern Turkey, wounding at least seven people, authorities said.
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Explosion in Turkey's main Kurdish city
05h49 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 15, 2007 (AFP) - An explosion Friday in the centre of Diyarbakir, the main city in the mainly Kurdish southeastern Turkey, has left a number of people injured, local security sources said.
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Turkey says Iraq not doing enough against Kurd rebels
12h04 - ISTANBUL, June 14, 2007 (AFP) - Turkey on Thursday accused Iraq of making "no effort at all" to curb Turkish Kurd rebels who it says take refuge in northern Iraq where they obtain large amounts of explosives.
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Turkey slams Iraq action against Kurd rebels
11h41 - ISTANBUL, June 14, 2007 (AFP) - Turkey on Thursday accused Iraq of making "no effort at all" to curb Turkish Kurd rebels who it says take refuge in northern Iraq where they obtain large amounts of explosives.
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Man held over armed protest against Turkish PM, bomb kills soldier
21h46 - ANKARA, June 13, 2007 (AFP) - A man fired in the air outside a building of Turkey's ruling party Wednesday to denounce Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's criticism of anti-government protests over an intensified Kurdish insurgency in the southeast, media reports said.
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Roadside bomb kills Turkish soldier
18h08 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 13, 2007 (AFP) - A roadside bomb killed a soldier and wounded two others Wednesday in Turkey's increasingly restive southeast, Anatolia news agency reported.
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2,000 Kurdish fighters deployed in restive Iraq province
15h52 - SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq, June 13, 2007 (AFP) - More than 2,000 Kurdish fighters are being deployed in restive Diyala province to support US and Iraqi forces fighting insurgents, a top Kurdish security official said Wednesday.
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Turkish court sentences Kurdish rebel leader's lawyer
13h26 - ISTANBUL, June 13, 2007 (AFP) - A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced one of the lawyers representing detained Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan to nearly four years in jail for supporting a terrorist outfit.
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Turkish PM signals opposition to Iraq attack
15h31 - ANKARA, June 12, 2007 (AFP) - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Tuesday indicated he would resist calls from the influential military for an incursion into neighbouring northern Iraq to pursue Turkish Kurd rebels taking refuge there.
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Kurdish rebels in Turkey offer ceasefire
12h37 - ANKARA, June 12, 2007 (AFP) - Turkey's main Kurdish rebel outfit offered a renewed ceasefire to the government Tuesday if it agreed to end army operations against the group, a Kurdish news agency reported.
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Eight PKK suspects detained in France
10h39 - PARIS, June 12, 2007 (AFP) - Eight suspected members of the Kurdish separatist group PKK were detained in France Tuesday in a criminal investigation into attacks on Turkish interests, judicial officials said.
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NATO chief urges Turkey for 'maximum restraint' on Iraq
10h22 - ANKARA, June 12, 2007 (AFP) - NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Tuesday called on alliance member Turkey to act with "a maximum of restraint" in dealing with the problem of the safe haven that Turkish Kurd rebels enjoy in northern Iraq.
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Turkish leaders to discuss measures against Kurdish rebels
09h00 - ANKARA, June 12, 2007 (AFP) - Turkish political and military leaders are later Tuesday to discuss measures against Kurdish separatists, who have stepped up their attacks against Turkey, a source close to the government said.
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Anti-government protests at funerals of Turkish soldiers
14h52 - ANKARA, June 11, 2007 (AFP) - Thousands of people chanted anti-government slogans at the funerals Monday of three soldiers killed by Kurdish rebels, raising pressure on the government for tougher action against the insurgents.
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Five Kurdish rebels killed in Turkey
17h11 - ANKARA, June 10, 2007 (AFP) - Five Kurdish rebels were killed over the weekend in separate clashes with Turkish security forces in the mountainous east of the country, officials said Sunday.
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Iraqi cleric warns Turkey against Kurdish bombardments
13h04 - NAJAF, Iraq, June 10, 2007 (AFP) - Powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Sunday warned Turkey over its bombardments of Iraqi villages in the northern region of Kurdistan aimed at flushing out Kurdish rebels.
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Two Kurdish rebels killed in Turkey
10h42 - ANKARA, June 10, 2007 (AFP) - Two Kurdish rebels have been killed in separate clashes with Turkish security forces in the mountainous east of the country, officials said Sunday.
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Bomb kills three soldiers, wounds four, in Turkey
19h28 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 9, 2007 (AFP) - Three soldiers were killed and four others seriously wounded in an explosion Saturday in a Kurdish area of southeastern Turkey, security sources said.
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Iraq protests Turkish bombardment of Kurdish north
13h33 - BAGHDAD, June 9, 2007 (AFP) - Iraq lodged an official complaint with Turkey on Saturday claiming it had bombarded Iraq's northern Kurdish region and warning that the attack against Kurdish rebels could destabilise the region.
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Former Kurdish MPs, Islamist ex-PM barred from Turkish vote
12h31 - ANKARA, June 8, 2007 (AFP) - Turkey's electoral board banned Friday three Kurdish former lawmakers and the country's former Islamist prime minister from standing in next month's legislative elections because of their criminal records.
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Iraq rejects Turkish call to curb PKK
17h25 - SALAHEDDIN, Iraq, June 7, 2007 (AFP) - The president of Iraq's Kurdish region on Thursday rejected Ankara's declaration that it was ready for dialogue with Iraqi Kurds provided they took measures against Turkish Kurd rebels holed up in the autonomous enclave.
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US urges Turkey over Kurds
03h52 - SINGAPORE, June 3, 2007 (AFP) - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates urged Turkey Sunday not to resort to unilateral military action against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.
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Jailed Kurdish MP not to stand for parliament again
13h50 - ANKARA, June 2, 2007 (AFP) - The first female Kurdish member of Turkey's parliament, who spent 10 years in jail for links to separatist rebels and was honoured by human rights campaigners, will not run in next month's elections.
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Iraqi leaders reject Turkish threats
10h59 - ARBIL, iraq, June 2, 2007 (AFP) - Iraq's prime minister and the president of the country's northern Kurdish region on Saturday hit back at Turkish invasion threats, and called for diplomacy to solve the problems.
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Turkish army warns Iraqi Kurds after soldiers 'harassed'
21h58 - ANKARA, June 1, 2007 (AFP) - The Turkish army on Friday warned Kurds in control of neighbouring northern Iraq that Ankara would respond "at the highest level" if its soldiers in the autonomous region are treated badly or harmed.
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Two Kurdish rebels killed in eastern Turkey
08h55 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, June 1, 2007 (AFP) - Two Kurdish rebels were killed on Friday in an ongoing operation against the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party in the east of the country, local security sources said.
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