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Turkey moves to authorise Kurdish language in courts


Tuesday, 13 November, 2012 , 09:03 AFP — Turkey's ruling party submitted a bill to parliament Tuesday overnight to allow court testimonies to be given in the Kurdish language, one of the demands raised by hundreds of hunger strikers nationwide.

Iran seeks improved ties with Iraqi Kurdistan


Monday, 12 November, 2012 , 13:42 AFP — Iran on Monday called for improved ties with neighbouring Iraqi Kurdistan, particularly on the economic front, as the autonomous region's prime minister visited Tehran, media reports said.

Turkey could bring back death penalty, says Erdogan


Sunday, 11 November, 2012 , 16:16 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday Ankara would consider bringing back capital punishment in terror related crimes, a decade after it abolished the practice.

Syria Kurds flee regime shelling in terror


Sunday, 11 November, 2012 , 09:55 AFP — Thousands of Kurds have fled Syrian army attacks on the strategic town of Ras al-Ain on the Turkish border, running for their lives after their homes were shelled and the corpses of fighters left strewn on the streets.

Pro-Kurdish lawmakers join prisoner hunger strike


Saturday, 10 November, 2012 , 17:11 AFP — Five more lawmakers from Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party have joined a hunger strike by hundreds of Kurdish prisoners, a party official said on Saturday

Kurds seize three towns in Syria's northeast: watchdog


Saturday, 10 November, 2012 , 16:11 AFP — Kurdish residents have taken control of three towns in northeastern Syria near the border with Turkey after convincing pro-government forces to leave, a watchdog said on Saturday.

Pro-Kurdish lawmakers join prisoners hunger strike


Saturday, 10 November, 2012 , 15:55 AFP — Five more lawmakers from Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party have joined a hunger strike by hundreds of Kurdish prisoners, a party official said on Saturday

Turkish military helicopter crashes, 17 dead: governor


Saturday, 10 November, 2012 , 10:43 AFP — A Turkish military helicopter crashed Saturday in bad weather in the southeastern city of Siirt, killing all 17 troops on board, local officials said.

Kurds seize two towns in Syria's northeast: watchdog


Saturday, 10 November, 2012 , 09:55 AFP — Kurdish residents backed by militia have taken control of two towns in northeastern Syria near the border with Turkey after convincing pro-government forces to leave, a watchdog said on Saturday.

42 Kurd rebels killed in Turkey unrest: sources


Friday, 9 November, 2012 , 23:10 AFP — Forty-two Kurd rebels and a Turkish soldier have been killed over three days of combat in a town in Turkey's Kurdish-dominated southeast, local security sources said Friday.