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Soldier killed in landmine blast in southeastern Turkey: report


Tuesday, 5 May, 2009 , 10:20 AFP A Turkish soldier was killed Tuesday in a landmine blast in the country's southeast, the theatre of a 24-year conflict with separatist Kurdish rebels, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Eight arrested in Turkish wedding massacre


Tuesday, 5 May, 2009 , 06:26 AFP Eight armed suspects have been arrested over the killing of 44 people, including six children and 16 women, at a wedding in southeastern Turkey, Interior Minister Besir Atalay said Tuesday.

Forty-five killed in attack on wedding party in Turkey


Tuesday, 5 May, 2009 , 00:56 AFP Forty-five people, mostly women and children, were killed late Monday in an attack on a wedding party in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast believed to be linked to a clan feud, officials and witnesses said.

Forty-four killed in attack on wedding party in Turkey: official


Monday, 4 May, 2009 , 23:22 AFP At least 44 people were killed Monday in an attack on a wedding party in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, an official said, as witnesses suggested a clan feud may be behind the shooting.

Forty-one killed in attack on wedding party in Turkey: official


Monday, 4 May, 2009 , 21:46 AFP At least 41 people were killed Monday in an attack on a wedding party in a village in Mardin province in mainly Kurdish southeast Turkey, an official from the governor's office said.

CORRECTED: At least 16 killed in attack on wedding party in Turkey: mayor


Monday, 4 May, 2009 , 21:16 AFP At least 16 people were killed and two wounded in an armed attack on a wedding party in a village in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, a mayor said.

At least 16 killed in attack on wedding party in Turkey: mayor


Monday, 4 May, 2009 , 21:03 AFP At least 16 people were killed and two wounded in an attack on a wedding party in a village in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast, a mayor said.

Pro-Kurdish party calls for fast to protest arrests


Sunday, 3 May, 2009 , 16:16 AFP Officials of Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party on Sunday urged Kurds to join a protest fast against a wave of arrests of party members suspected of ties with Kurdish separatists.

Iraqi Kurdish vote may bring strife as change looms


Sunday, 3 May, 2009 , 16:15 AFP Iraq's autonomous Kurds go to the polls this summer in an election likely to redraw the local political map and bring factional violence to the otherwise calm region.

Iraq's Kurds condemn Iran cross-border attacks


Sunday, 3 May, 2009 , 10:24 AFP Iraq's Kurdish regional government on Sunday condemned an Iranian air raid against alleged separatists inside Iraq but also called on Kurdish militants to cease cross-border attacks.