Tuesday, 1 September, 2009 , 17:29 AFP — Tens of thousands of Kurds rallied Tuesday urging Turkey to grant them greater rights and reach a peace deal with Kurdish rebels who extended their truce till the end of the Muslim holy fasting month.

Tuesday, 1 September, 2009 , 15:05 AFP — Tens of thousands of Kurds rallied here Tuesday urging Turkey to grant them greater rights and reach a peace deal with Kurdish rebels, as the militants announced the extension of a ceasefire.

Tuesday, 1 September, 2009 , 13:03 AFP — Kurdish rebels said Tuesday they were extending a unilateral truce until September 22 and would keep a close eye on the Turkish government's plan to end to the conflict, a pro-Kurdish news agency reported.

Monday, 31 August, 2009 , 16:30 AFP — Turkey's government wants to reach a consensus for its planned reforms to expand the Kurdish minority's freedoms and end their insurgency, Interior Minister Besir Atalay said Monday.

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.