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Turkey frees 10 pro-Kurdish politicians in mass trial


Tuesday, 19 February, 2013 , 12:58 AFP A Turkish court released on Tuesday 10 pro-Kurdish politicians who were among hundreds, possibly thousands of people on trial accused of ties to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Turkey defies allies to pursue Iraqi Kurd energy ties


Tuesday, 19 February, 2013 , 04:50 AFP Turkey is defying Washington and Baghdad in developing a broad energy partnership with Iraqi Kurds as it pushes to secure affordable oil and gas supplies to fuel its rapid economic growth.

Erdogan appeals for backing for peace talks with Kurds


Sunday, 17 February, 2013 , 12:39 AFP Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on the people of the Kurdish-majority southeast on Sunday to support new peace negotiations with outlawed rebels.

Turkey calls for extradition of Kurds arrested in Europe


Thursday, 14 February, 2013 , 19:28 AFP Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday called for the extradition of more than 20 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) arrested in multiple police raids in France and Spain.

Ankara to reform its criticised anti-terror laws


Wednesday, 13 February, 2013 , 17:39 AFP Turkey's Islamic-rooted government is set to submit a new legal package that would tune its often criticised anti-terrorism laws to European standards, parliamentary sources said Wednesday.

France arrests 17 Kurds in PKK probe


Tuesday, 12 February, 2013 , 20:33 AFP Seventeen Kurds have been arrested in southwestern France in an anti-terror probe into extortion rackets used to raise funds for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), legal sources said Tuesday.

Spain arrests six Kurds suspected of financing PKK


Tuesday, 12 February, 2013 , 18:57 AFP Police have arrested six Kurds in Spain suspected of financing armed activities of the outlawed militant group PKK in Turkey, the government said Tuesday.

France arrests 15 Kurds in PKK probe


Tuesday, 12 February, 2013 , 12:41 AFP Fifteen Kurds have been arrested in southwestern France in an anti-terror probe into extortion rackets used to raise funds for the outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), legal sources said Tuesday.

Suspected PKK money man charged in Germany


Tuesday, 12 February, 2013 , 09:59 AFP German federal prosecutors on Tuesday pressed charges against a 46-year-old Turkish man suspected of raising money for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) throughout Europe.

Man killed by own hand grenade at Kurd protest in Turkey


Monday, 11 February, 2013 , 12:54 AFP A 19-year-old Kurdish man was killed late Sunday when a home-made grenade exploded in his hands during a demonstration in Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast, local authorities said.