Friday, 17 February, 2012 , 07:32 AFP — Turkey's parliament on Friday passed a controversial bill to shield intelligence agents from prosecution after several refused a prosecutor's summons over their contacts with Kurdish rebels.

Tuesday, 14 February, 2012 , 14:37 AFP — Two Turkish soldiers and 16 Kurdish rebels have been killed in clashes in the Kurdish-majority southeast, local authorities said Tuesday.

Monday, 13 February, 2012 , 18:02 AFP — Turkish security forces Monday killed five Kurdish rebels and discovered a massive explosives cache in a vehicle in the Kurdish-majority southeast, a local security source told AFP.

Monday, 13 February, 2012 , 12:10 AFP — Turkish police arrested 109 people on Monday in a major new nationwide operation targeting union leaders and activists over their links to Kurdish rebels, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Monday, 13 February, 2012 , 11:50 AFP — The interior ministry of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region said on Monday that Kurdistan Workers' Party rebels had kidnapped three Iraqi citizens, one of whom was later found dead.

Monday, 13 February, 2012 , 09:22 AFP — Turkish police made around 100 arrests on Monday in a major new nationwide operation targeting union leaders and activists over their links to Kurdish rebels, television channels reported.

Sunday, 12 February, 2012 , 12:28 AFP — The rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) said on Sunday that it sustained no casualties in Turkish air strikes on border areas of northern Iraq.

Sunday, 12 February, 2012 , 09:46 AFP — Turkish jets have bombed Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq, home to members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the army said on Sunday.

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Saturday, 11 February, 2012 , 16:14 AFP — Turkey's prosecutions office said Saturday it had removed one of its prosecutors from a PKK-related case after he ordered the arrest of four intelligence agents for refusing a summons for questioning.