Thursday, 30 September, 2010 , 15:00 AFP — The separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has decided to extend its truce with the Turkish government by one month, the Kurdish Firat news agency quoted a rebel commander as saying Thursday.

Tuesday, 28 September, 2010 , 11:45 AFP — Turkey has launched a fresh drive to resolve a bloody Kurdish insurgency that has plagued the country for 26 years, seeking contacts with the rebels, and help from the United States and Iraq.

Tuesday, 28 September, 2010 , 10:15 AFP — A Turkish court on Tuesday handed a suspended 10-month jail sentence to the head of the country's main Kurdish party on charges of spreading propaganda for separatist rebels.

Monday, 27 September, 2010 , 16:23 AFP — The Turkish government will ask parliament to extend a mandate for military strikes on Kurdish rebel bases in neighbouring Iraq, Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek said Monday.

Friday, 24 September, 2010 , 12:44 AFP — Turkey's Interior Minister Besir Atalay Friday called on Germany to crack down on separatist Kurdish rebels on its territory, handing his German colleague intelligence on activities Ankara wants curbed.

Thursday, 23 September, 2010 , 15:01 AFP — Turkey's government Thursday voiced hope for ending a bloody Kurdish rebellion through dialogue as it held rare talks with Kurdish politicians close to separatist militants leading the insurgency.

Wednesday, 22 September, 2010 , 10:52 AFP — The leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) accused Israel of helping Turkey to destroy the Kurdish people, in an interview published on Wednesday.

Monday, 20 September, 2010 , 12:06 AFP — Kurdish rebels in Turkey announced Monday they had extended a ceasefire announced last month in their campaign against Turkish armed forces, the pro-Kurdish Firat news agency reported.

Sunday, 19 September, 2010 , 14:47 AFP — A human rights group on Sunday urged the Syrian authorities to release a Kurdish writer and politician who was reportedly detained last week.

Friday, 17 September, 2010 , 13:38 AFP — A bomb explosion blamed on Kurdish rebels injured 10 people, including policemen, in southeastern Turkey Friday, a day after nine people were killed in a bomb attack, a local official said.