Sunday, 6 December, 2009 , 17:23 AFP — A student was shot dead Sunday during clashes between Turkish police and demonstrators protesting at the prison treatment of the founder of outlawed PKK party, sources said.
Sunday, 6 December, 2009 , 15:10 AFP — Turkish police clashed here Sunday with Kurdish demonstrators protesting the prison conditions of jailed rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, founder of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
Sunday, 6 December, 2009 , 08:59 AFP — A young Iraqi man has been reunited with his mother 20 years since being taken to Iran as an infant after surviving the notorious Halabja chemical attack by Saddam Hussein's forces.
Saturday, 5 December, 2009 , 20:56 AFP — Turkey has again defended its treatment of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan saying it has invited a European anti-torture group to visit his new prison cell, the foreign ministry said.
Saturday, 5 December, 2009 , 14:16 AFP — Turkey has again defended its treatment of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan saying it has invited a European anti-torture group to visit his new prison cell, the foreign ministry said.
Saturday, 5 December, 2009 , 01:39 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets Monday with US President Barack Obama for talks expected to focus on NATO reinforcements in Afghanistan and Ankara's efforts to curb Kurdish rebels based in Iraq.
Friday, 4 December, 2009 , 19:07 AFP — A Turkish soldier was killed and another wounded in clashes with Kurdish rebels in southeast Turkey on Friday, military sources said.
Friday, 4 December, 2009 , 19:05 AFP — Kurdish rebels killed a Turkish soldier and wounded another in clashes in southeast Turkey on Friday, military sources said.
Friday, 4 December, 2009 , 18:30 AFP — The Turkish prison conditions of Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan meet international standards, the head of a parliamentary commission insisted Friday, after complaints from the jailed leader.
Thursday, 3 December, 2009 , 16:10 AFP — Turkey's constitutional court will begin final deliberations next week on whether to outlaw the country's main Kurdish party on charges of links to separatist rebels.
