Friday, 11 December, 2009 , 16:53 AFP — Turkey's Constitutional Court on Friday banned the country's main Kurdish group on charges of links to separatist rebels, court president Hasim Kilic said.

Friday, 11 December, 2009 , 16:35 AFP — Turkey's Constitutional Court on Friday banned the Democratic Society Party, the country's main Kurdish group, on charges of links to separatist rebels, court president Hasim Kilic said.

Friday, 11 December, 2009 , 16:27 AFP —

Friday, 11 December, 2009 , 11:15 AFP — Iraq's minority Kurds, who have their own autonomous region in the north, will eventually iron out their differences with the country's Arabs, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday.

Thursday, 10 December, 2009 , 16:47 AFP — The Turkish army has killed nine Kurdish rebels in the southeast of the country, while another nine have surrendered to the authorities, media reports and officials said Thursday.

Thursday, 10 December, 2009 , 10:32 AFP — The Turkish army has killed nine Kurdish rebels in the southeast of the country, while another nine have surrendered to the authorities, media reports and officials said Thursday.

Wednesday, 9 December, 2009 , 13:36 AFP — Turkey's constitutional court began a second day of deliberations Wednesday on whether to outlaw the country's main Kurdish party on charges of links to separatist rebels.

Tuesday, 8 December, 2009 , 14:55 AFP — Turkey's constitutional court began final deliberations Tuesday on whether to outlaw the country's main Kurdish party on charges of links to separatist rebels.

Tuesday, 8 December, 2009 , 08:18 AFP — Turkey's constitutional court began final deliberations Tuesday on whether to outlaw the country's main Kurdish party on charges of links to separatist rebels.

Monday, 7 December, 2009 , 10:16 AFP — Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Turkey's main Kurdish party of "identifying" itself with armed rebels ahead of a key court ruling on whether to ban the party, a newspaper reported Monday.