ANKARA, Aug 19 (AFP) - 12h12 - Turkish officials refused to comment Friday on a decision by the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) for a one-month ceasefire, saying that the actions of a "terrorist" group are not up for evaluation.
Friday, August 19, 2005 [By Agence France Presse (AFP) - Compiled by Daily Star staff ]
Rebel group expected to declare truce in response to Erdogan's call for dialogue.
Turkey's leading Kurdish politicians urged the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to declare a cease-fire to help find a peaceful settlement to the Kurdish conflict.
TEHRAN, Aug 16 (AFP) - 14h46 - Four Iranian policemen who had been seized by Kurdish rebels in West Azerbaijan province in the northwestern mountains have been freed after three days in captivity, the ISNA student news agency reported Tuesday.
KIRKUK, Iraq, Aug 14 (AFP) - 14h04 - Hundreds of Iraqi Kurds demonstrated Sunday in Kirkuk calling for self-determination in the constitution and demanding a Kurdish identity for the northern oil hub city.
BAGHDAD, Aug 13 (AFP) - 14h12 - Iraqi leaders, under intense US pressure, have reached tentative agreements on oil wealth distribution, perhaps the most divisive issue among for the country's disparate ethnic and religious groups.
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Aug 12 (AFP) - 16h02 - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged Friday that the Kurdish conflict in Turkey would be resolved with "more democracy" despite a marked increase in violence by armed Kurdish rebels whom Ankara considers "terrorists."
By Michael Kuser [The Financial Times - Published: August 12 2005]
The Turkish governmentis turning its attention once again to its long fight with Kurdish militants, after devoting much of its energy during the past two years to the start of accession talks to the European Union.
BAGHDAD, Aug 7 (AFP) - 4h14 - Iraq's leaders will attempt to break the deadlock on a new draft constitution in a national conference here Sunday amid signs that Iraq's Kurds are unwilling to compromise on their demands for autonomy.
[AP - 6 August 2005] BAGHDAD - Sunni members of the committee drafting Iraq’s new constitution rejected Kurdish demands for a federal state, saying it cannot be implemented under foreign military occupation and an unstable security situation.
BAGHDAD, Aug 6 (AFP) - 15h18 - Iraqi Kurds Saturday rejected suggestions the country should be proclaimed an Islamic state as the northern region's autonomous parliament debated the country's draft constitution ahead of a national conference on the issue Sunday.
