Four killed in Turkey clashes: security sources
08h07 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, July 18, 2008 (AFP) - Two Kurdish rebels and two soldiers were killed overnight in fighting in southeast Turkey, security sources said Friday.

Three killed in Turkey clashes: security sources
06h31 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, July 18, 2008 (AFP) - Two Kurdish rebels and a soldier were killed overnight in fighting in southeast Turkey, security sources said Friday.

Governor says kidnapped Germans well and in Turkey: report
18h25 - ANKARA, July 16, 2008 (AFP) - Three German tourists kidnapped by separatist Kurdish rebels are in good health and still in eastern Turkey, the Anatolia news agency reported Wednesday, quoting the local governor.

Turkish army reports 11 more rebels killed, 33 in five days
08h52 - ANKARA, July 16, 2008 (AFP) - Troops backed by fighter jets and helicopter gunships killed 11 separatist Kurdish rebels in the Buzul (iceberg) mountains of southeastern Hakkari province, which borders Iran and Iraq, the Turkish army said Wednesday.

Turkish army says 22 Kurdish rebels killed in raid
10h27 - ANKARA, July 15, 2008 (AFP) - Turkish forces killed 22 separatist Kurdish rebels, bombarding and storming their mountain hide-out during a four-day raid near the Iraqi border, the army said Tuesday.

Ten killed in fighting in southeast Turkey: army
17h45 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, July 14, 2008 (AFP) - Two Turkish soldiers and eight separatist Kurdish rebels have been killed in recent fighting in the country's southeast near the border with Iraq, the army said Monday.

PKK says Turkey must stop attacks to secure Germans' release
07h59 - MOUNT QANDIL, Iraq, July 14, 2008 (AFP) - Kurdish rebels in Iraq said three Germans abducted in Turkey last week were in good health but demanded that Ankara halt military assaults in the area where they were seized.

Two soldiers killed in fighting in southeast Turkey: security source
07h40 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, July 14, 2008 (AFP) - Two Turkish soldiers were killed in a clash with separatist Kurdish rebels in the country's southeast near the border with Iraq, a security source said Monday.

Kurdish rebels say they can hit German targets: report
16h14 - ANKARA, July 13, 2008 (AFP) - The rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which last week kidnapped three Germans in Turkey, said Sunday it was "strong enough" to hit German economic targets, an agency close to the group reported.

Two Kurdish rebels killed in eastern Turkey: officials
09h38 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, July 13, 2008 (AFP) - Turkish soldiers shot and killed two Kurdish rebels on Sunday as they tried to plant explosives on a road in eastern Turkey, security officials said.

Four killed in fresh violence in southeast Turkey
18h02 - DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, July 12, 2008 (AFP) - Three soldiers and a civilian were killed in fresh violence in Turkey's restive Kurdish-majority southeast, officials and media reports said Saturday.

Merkel calls on PKK to free German hostages
17h16 - BERLIN, July 12, 2008 (AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel issued a personal appeal for the immediate release of three Germans kidnapped in Turkey earlier this week by Kurdish rebels, in an interview to appear Sunday.

PKK warned Germany over hostile Kurd policy: report
10h46 - BERLIN, July 12, 2008 (AFP) - Kurdish rebels warned Germany about the "negative consequences" of its policy towards Kurds before it kidnapped three Germans in Turkey this week, the weekly Der Spiegel reports in its edition to go on sale Monday.

Berlin demands PKK release of German hostages
11h34 - BERLIN, July 11, 2008 (AFP) - Germany called Friday for the immediate release of three nationals seized on Mount Ararat in Turkey by rebels from the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) and rejected the kidnappers' demands.

Turkish army fights Kurd rebels, 11 killed: sources
08h51 - DIYARBAKIR, July 11, 2008 (AFP) - Eleven people were killed in fighting between Kurdish rebels and the Turkish army in restive southeastern Turkey, local security sources said Friday.