US joins Turkey's war against rebel Kurds
Monday July 30, 2007 | Ewen MacAskill in Washington
The Pentagon confirmed today that it is working closely with the Turkish government to crush Kurdish guerrillas operating from bases in northern Iraq.
Death sentence for two Kurdish journalists
Wednesday, 01 August 2007
The two men were charged with subverting national security. Their lawyers have 20 days to appeal before they die by hanging. Government crackdown intensifies as nine journalists languish in Iranian jails.
Death verdicts for Iran reporters
Tuesday, 31 July 2007
Iran has sentenced two dissident journalists from its ethnic Kurdish minority for being "enemies of God".
Turkish independent deputies apply to join pro-Kurdish party
July 30, 2007
The deputies and executives of the DTP met for three hours in Ankara Sunday.
How to Save Iraqi Kurdistan from Itself
 July 2007 | By Morton Abramowitz
With Gaza under the sway of Hamas, Lebanon paralyzed, and Iraq near collapse, the Middle East has never looked more perilous. But if the United States doesn’t move to defuse the dangerous situation in Iraqi Kurdistan fast, Washington could find itself with yet another ticking time bomb.
Turkey steps back from Iraq invasion after poll
24 July 2007 | Nicholas Birch in Istanbul
As Turkey's government savoured an overwhelming electoral victory yesterday, regional analysts agreed that the immediate impetus for an invasion of northern Iraq had receded.
Turkey raises hopes of peace with Kurds
Tuesday July 24, 2007 | Ian Traynor in Istanbul
· Poll victory gives Erdogan power to resist military
· Kurdish party wins 23 seats in new parliament
Deciphering the Kurdish code
Tuesday, July 24, 2007 | MUSTAFA AKYOL | DİYARBAKIR
This town has always been the most prominent city in Turkey's southeast. In Ottoman times, in fact the whole region was called the “Diyarbekir province.” Today, with its 1.2 million inhabitants, it is not only the most populous of the southeastern towns, but also the most developed one.
Zana faces probe for urging state of ‘Kurdistan’
23 juillet 2007
Former Kurdish deputy Leyla Zana faces an investigation after she called for division of Turkey into administrative states, including a “state of Kurdistan.”
Parliament's damning report about Saddam apologist George Galloway
Monday, July 23, 2007 | Christopher Hitchens
The mills of justice grind with maddening slowness, but they do at least grind. In October 2005, my friend Denis MacShane, the radical Labor member of Parliament for Rotherham, rose on the floor of the House of Commons to demand a joint inquiry by the British parliament and the U.S. Congress into the financial relationship between George Galloway and the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq.
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