Wednesday, 9 January, 2013 , 09:26 AFP — The Turkish government and jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan have agreed on a roadmap to end a three-decade-old insurgency that has claimed tens of thousands of lives, Turkish media reported Wednesday.

Tuesday, 8 January, 2013 , 15:05 AFP — The Turkish army killed 14 rebels from the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) during an operation near the Iraqi border that also left one soldier dead, an official statement said Tuesday.

Tuesday, 8 January, 2013 , 13:24 AFP — Turkey's pro-Kurd party on Tuesday hailed government-led talks with jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan as a "right step" but called for a halt to detentions and military operations against rebels before full-fledged negotiations can begin.

Thursday, 3 January, 2013 , 11:53 AFP — A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced to prison 40 Kurds for ties to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the first verdict to come in a massive trial involving hundreds of suspects.

Wednesday, 2 January, 2013 , 11:33 AFP — Butcher Sherzad Saleh stands outside his shop in Tuz Khurmatu holding a dead chicken. He has more pressing concerns than a high-level dispute over territory.

Wednesday, 2 January, 2013 , 03:17 AFP — Butcher Sherzad Saleh stands outside his shop in Tuz Khurmatu holding a dead chicken. He has more pressing concerns than a high-level dispute over territory.

Tuesday, 31 December, 2013 , 20:06 AFP — Turkey's intelligence services are in talks with jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan for disarming his PKK group in a bid to bring an end to the nearly three-decade old insurgency, officials said Monday.

Tuesday, 31 December, 2013 , 08:35 AFP — Turkey's intelligence agency has discussed the issue of disarmament with the jailed Kurdish leader in a bid to bring an end to the nearly three-decade old insurgency, a newspaper reported on Monday.

Wednesday, 26 December, 2012 , 13:46 AFP — Oil exports from Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region via the federal government have been slashed in the latest chapter of a long-running payments row, a spokesman said on Wednesday.

Sunday, 16 December, 2012 , 16:47 AFP — A car bomb at an Iraqi Kurdish political party headquarters in the town of Jalawla killed two Kurdish security recruits and wounded 13 on Sunday, a police officer and a doctor said.