Wednesday, 11 December, 2013 , 11:04 AFP — A Kurdish protester who was seriously wounded during fierce weekend clashes with police in southeast Turkey died of his injuries in hospital on Wednesday, medics said.

Monday, 9 December, 2013 , 17:45 AFP — A fracas erupted in Turkey's parliament on Monday between nationalist and pro-Kurdish lawmakers over the use of "Kurdistan", long a taboo word in the country.

Monday, 9 December, 2013 , 16:05 AFP — To the Kurds of Turkey, Nelson Mandela was a source of inspiration for their own struggle -- a freedom fighter who was jailed in isolation like their own leader.

Monday, 9 December, 2013 , 14:43 AFP — Turkish riot police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at Kurdish protesters armed with rocks and Molotov cocktails on Monday in a new upsurge of violence that has rattled the fragile peace process.

Monday, 9 December, 2013 , 10:56 AFP — The peace process between Turkey and Kurdish rebels appeared fragile on Monday after three days of violent confrontations rocked the Kurdish southeast.

Monday, 9 December, 2013 , 08:09 AFP — Kurdish rebels freed on Monday four Turkish soldiers abducted in the southeast of the country in the worst flareup of violence since a fragile ceasefire nine months ago, a local security source said.

Sunday, 8 December, 2013 , 19:49 AFP — Police and demonstrators clashed in Kurdish-dominated southeastern Turkey on Sunday as tensions mounted following the deaths Friday of two Kurdish protesters.

Saturday, 7 December, 2013 , 17:49 AFP — Turkish police on Saturday used tear gas and water cannon to break up a protest on the sidelines of the funeral of two Kurds shot dead during clashes a day earlier, an AFP photographer reported.

Friday, 6 December, 2013 , 18:03 AFP — Two protesters were killed on Friday in armed clashes with Turkish police that erupted over claims that Kurdish rebel cemeteries had been destroyed, local media reported.

Friday, 6 December, 2013 , 13:17 AFP — Gunmen shot dead a magazine editor investigating corruption in the autonomous Kurdistan region, the latest in a series of attacks on journalists in Iraq, media rights groups and police said Friday.