Sunday, 27 September, 2009 , 11:17 AFP — A construction worker was killed Sunday when a home-made bomb, believed to have been planted by Kurdish rebels, exploded on a road in southeast Turkey, military sources said.

Sunday, 27 September, 2009 , 09:09 AFP — The Turkish government will ask parliament to extend a mandate for military strikes on Kurdish rebel bases in neighbouring Iraq, a report quoted Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan as saying Sunday.

Friday, 25 September, 2009 , 14:43 AFP — Thousands of Kurds rallied here Friday calling for an end to deadly fighting between the army and Kurdish rebels amid government efforts to end a 25-year insurgency.

Tuesday, 22 September, 2009 , 10:49 AFP — Norwegian oil company DNO International, one of the first foreign groups authorised to operate in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein, said Tuesday it had had its production license temporarily suspended.

Tuesday, 22 September, 2009 , 09:25 AFP — A Turkish national theatre will break a longheld taboo and for the first time speak some dialogue in the Kurdish language, which used to be banned, Anatolia news agency reported Tuesday.

Monday, 21 September, 2009 , 12:56 AFP — Turkey's army chief General Ilker Basbug on Monday urged Kurdish rebels to lay down their weapons and end a 25-year bloody separatist campaign.

Friday, 18 September, 2009 , 20:31 AFP — The trial of a Turkish colonel and six others over the alleged summary killing of 20 Kurds took a new turn Friday as two prosecution witnesses said they were forced to implicate the defendants.

Friday, 18 September, 2009 , 20:08 AFP — The trial of a Turkish colonel and six others in connection with the alleged summary killing of 20 Kurds took a new turn Friday when two prosecution witnesses said they were forced to implicate the defendants.

Friday, 18 September, 2009 , 10:04 AFP — The Turkish army has asked for the extention of a parliamentary authorisation to strike Kurdish rebel bases in neighbouring Iraq, Anatolia news agency quoted a senior general as saying Friday.

Monday, 14 September, 2009 , 11:38 AFP — Clashes between Turkish troops and Kurdish separatists near the Iraqi border left three rebels and one soldier dead, local security sources said Monday.