Tuesday, 2 July, 2013 , 13:58 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday vowed to continue the fragile peace process between the government and the country's Kurdish minority which looked threatened by a weekend of rallies sparked by the death of a young protester.
Monday, 1 July, 2013 , 21:31 AFP — A sergeant kidnapped by armed groups in Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast was released on Monday and in good health, security sources told AFP.
Sunday, 30 June, 2013 , 17:54 AFP — Turkish riot police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of demonstrators who gathered in the Kurdish-majority southeast on Sunday to press the Turkish government to advance the peace process.
Sunday, 30 June, 2013 , 15:08 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish lawmakers agreed on Sunday to delay controversial presidential polls for two years as they sparred over whether to allow regional leader Massud Barzani to stand for another term in power.
Sunday, 30 June, 2013 , 11:43 AFP — A pro-Kurdish party said it will launch on Sunday rallies in several cities to press the Turkish government to "do its part" to settle the nearly three-decade old conflict in southeast Turkey.
Saturday, 29 June, 2013 , 13:28 AFP — Turkey has opened a probe into clashes between soldiers and villagers that left one person dead in the Kurdish-majority southeast, local officials said Saturday, as the army searched for an officer kidnapped hours after the unrest.
Friday, 28 June, 2013 , 20:28 AFP — One person was killed on Friday in south-east Turkey as security forces fired shots to disperse hundreds of people protesting against the expansion of an army outpost, according to local officials.
Friday, 28 June, 2013 , 17:04 AFP — One person was killed on Friday in south-east Turkey as security forces fired shots in the air to disperse hundreds of people protesting against the expansion of an army outpost, security sources told AFP.
Friday, 28 June, 2013 , 15:57 AFP — A Kurdish militia allied with Turkey's rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) imposed a curfew on the Syrian border town of Amuda on Friday after its forces shot three protesters dead, activists said.
Friday, 28 June, 2013 , 11:29 AFP — A Kurdish militia allied with Turkey's rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) imposed a curfew on the Syrian border town of Amuda on Friday after its forces shot three protesters dead, activists said.