Thursday, 3 December, 2009 , 14:42 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.

Tuesday, 1 December, 2009 , 11:27 AFP — A Kurdish rebel was killed during a clash with Turkish security forces in southeastern Turkey, local sources said Tuesday.

Monday, 30 November, 2009 , 17:14 AFP — Violenct clashes in Turkey marked the founding of the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) with a teenager shot in the chest in one of several demonstrations, media reported Monday.

Monday, 30 November, 2009 , 11:40 AFP — A teenager was shot during violent demonstrations in Turkey marking the founding of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Turkish television stations reported Monday.

Sunday, 29 November, 2009 , 05:54 AFP — Turkey is making moves to reconcile with the country's minority communities, but analysts are divided on whether this new form of openness indicates a seismic shift in policy.

Friday, 27 November, 2009 , 16:15 AFP — Kurdish rebel chief Abdullah Ocalan, serving a life sentence in Turkey, has complained about prison conditions after other inmates were brought to his island jail, a news agency reported Friday.

Thursday, 26 November, 2009 , 13:15 AFP — The first bilingual road signs in Turkish and Kurdish have been erected in Turkey's southeast as part of efforts by Ankara to win over its restive minority, an AFP reporter observed Thursday.

Thursday, 26 November, 2009 , 10:22 AFP — Syrian authorities should end their "unlawful and unjustified" practices of attacking Kurdish gatherings and detaining Kurdish activists, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Thursday.

Wednesday, 25 November, 2009 , 12:19 AFP — The European parliament on Wednesday handed its Lux 2009 film prize to the story of an Iraqi-Kurd refugee hell-bent on swimming illegally to Britain from France.

Monday, 23 November, 2009 , 16:46 AFP — Iraq's upcoming general election will be delayed, a top MP warned, because an amended electoral law agreed on Monday is likely to be vetoed for a second time by the country's Sunni vice president.