Sunday, 30 August, 2009 , 20:51 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed Sunday to press ahead with a plan to extend the rights of the Kurds despite what he claimed were attempts by Kurdish rebels to derail the process.
Sunday, 30 August, 2009 , 17:03 AFP — Turkey's military flexed its muscle with parades and flypasts Sunday to mark Victory Day amid intense debate on a government plan to peacefully end a 25-year bloody Kurdish insurgency.
Sunday, 30 August, 2009 , 16:43 AFP — Four soldiers were killed Sunday in a grenade attack blamed on Kurdish rebels in southeast Turkey, near the border with Iraq, a security source said.
Sunday, 30 August, 2009 , 15:11 AFP — Turkey's military flexed its muscle with parades and flypasts Sunday to mark Victory Day amid intense debate on a government plan to peacefully end a 25-year bloody Kurdish insurgency.
Sunday, 30 August, 2009 , 11:43 AFP — Turkey's military flexed its muscle with parades and flypasts in major cities Sunday to mark Victory Day against a backdrop of intense debate on a government plan to peacefully end a 25-year bloody Kurdish insurgency.
Thursday, 27 August, 2009 , 15:24 AFP — Scores of Kurdish refugees living in Greece have been left homeless after their camp was destroyed by a huge wildfire on the outskirts of Athens, a local residents group said Thursday.
Thursday, 27 August, 2009 , 14:44 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan made an emotional appeal to the nation Thursday to back planned reforms to expand the Kurdish minority's freedoms and end a bloody insurgency in the southeast.
Thursday, 27 August, 2009 , 04:08 AFP — Blending traditional folk music with pop beats, sultry gyrations and plunging necklines, the musical phenomenon that is Dashni Murad is shaking Iraq's conservative northern Kurdistan region.
Tuesday, 25 August, 2009 , 15:50 AFP — A government plan to expand the rights of the restive Kurdish community must not endanger Turkey's unity, the country's military chief warned Tuesday, again ruling out dialogue with Kurdish rebels.
Tuesday, 25 August, 2009 , 11:11 AFP — Efforts towards reconciliation with the Kurdish community must not endanger the unity of the country, Turkey's army chief warned Tuesday, again ruling out talks with Kurdish rebels.
