Saturday, 3 October, 2009 , 11:50 AFP — Turkish police have detained 17 suspects linked to an extreme left-wing group allegedly planning terror attacks and assassinations to sabotage reforms giving greater rights to the Kurdish community, a report said Saturday.
Wednesday, 30 September, 2009 , 19:27 AFP — Iraq's former deputy premier Barham Saleh was on Wednesday appointed prime minister of the country's autonomous northern Kurdish region and he quickly appealed for calm amid tensions with Baghdad.
Wednesday, 30 September, 2009 , 18:29 AFP — Iraq's former deputy premier Barham Saleh was on Wednesday appointed prime minister of the country's autonomous northern Kurdish region and he quickly appealed for calm amid tensions with Baghdad.
Monday, 28 September, 2009 , 13:58 AFP — Turkey's government has won international praise for efforts to end a bitter dispute with Armenia and expand rights for Kurds, but a fierce battle is brewing at home over the highly charged issues.
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.
