Saturday, 3 November, 2012 , 15:38 AFP — Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday hailed his AKP government's 10 years in power as a "revolution" in Turkish politics, ending a legacy of military coups and exalting the will of the people.

Saturday, 3 November, 2012 , 14:18 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday warned hunger strikers demanding the release of an imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader against "blackmail", as police fired teargas and water cannon at protesters.

Friday, 2 November, 2012 , 17:55 AFP — One soldier and two Kurdish rebels were killed Friday in Turkey's southeast in clashes that erupted after the rebels attacked a military post, security sources told AFP.

Friday, 2 November, 2012 , 16:14 AFP — Syrian rebels have killed a Kurdish woman militia leader in the northern city of Aleppo, highlighting growing tensions between anti-regime fighters and the Kurds, a monitoring group said Friday.

Thursday, 1 November, 2012 , 21:09 AFP — A car exploded outside a military barracks in a southern Turkish town near Syria Thursday, lightly injuring four people, in an attack blamed on Kurdish rebels, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Tuesday, 30 October, 2012 , 08:30 AFP — Mohammed Hafar was killed at dawn, shot while reportedly trying to rescue his brother Faisal, mortally wounded, from the latest gunbattles between Sunni Arab rebels and Kurdish militia in Syria.

Monday, 29 October, 2012 , 19:04 AFP — A Kurdish man tortured by rebels in northern Syria has died of his wounds on Monday, a watchdog said, noting that some armed groups have taken up methods used by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

Monday, 29 October, 2012 , 08:53 AFP — Violence between security forces and Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey killed one police officer and eight rebels, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported Monday.

Monday, 29 October, 2012 , 02:41 AFP — The Turkish government is under increasing pressure over how to tackle a hunger strike by hundreds of Kurdish prisoners across the country as the protest nears its eighth week and their health deteriorates.

Saturday, 27 October, 2012 , 17:12 AFP — Syrian rebels clashed with Kurdish militia in the northern city of Aleppo, leaving 30 dead and around 200 captured, a watchdog said on Saturday, sparking fears of a new front in an already fractured country.