Monday, 2 July, 2012 , 13:59 AFP — A mass trial opened in Turkey on Monday of over 200 people accused of links with outlawed Kurdish rebels, part of a wider crackdown against what Ankara considers "terrorists" and their supporters.

Monday, 2 July, 2012 , 13:43 AFP — Turkish warplanes have struck three locations in northern Iraq, believed to be Kurdish rebel hideouts, the army said in a statement Monday.

Monday, 2 July, 2012 , 12:48 AFP — Turkish warplanes have struck three locations in northern Iraq, believed to be Kurdish rebel hideouts, the army said in a statement Monday.

Monday, 2 July, 2012 , 12:33 AFP — Turkish warplanes have struck three locations in northern Iraq, believed to be rebel hideouts, the army said in a statement Monday.

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Monday, 2 July, 2012 , 11:31 AFP — An Istanbul court on Monday began hearing a high-profile trial on the alleged links between some 200 suspects and outlawed Kurdish rebels, Anatolia news agency reported.

Saturday, 30 June, 2012 , 14:21 AFP — Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan held talks with a prominent Kurdish lawmaker in a rare meeting Saturday to try and resolve a decades-old separatist conflict.

Friday, 29 June, 2012 , 15:50 AFP — Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region has crowned the first-ever Miss Kurdistan, though the beauty contest took place without bikini-clad women and with journalists and their cameras kept at bay.

Friday, 29 June, 2012 , 15:22 AFP — Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region has crowned the first-ever Miss Kurdistan, though the beauty contest took place without bikini-clad women and with journalists and their cameras kept at bay.

Wednesday, 27 June, 2012 , 09:25 AFP — Four Turkish soldiers were killed Wednesday in a clash with Kurdish rebels fighting for autonomy in the country's southeast, a local security source said.