Wednesday, 25 March, 2009 , 03:04 AFP — Battling a serious government challenge in local polls, Turkey's Kurdish party is confident of retaining power in Diyarbakir, the stronghold of Kurdish militancy, in a fresh message to Ankara for dialogue and reform.
Tuesday, 24 March, 2009 , 17:50 AFP — A Turkish court on Tuesday charged a former mayor with murder as part of a probe into the alleged extrajudicial killings of Kurds in the southeast of the country, a judicial source said.
Monday, 23 March, 2009 , 20:41 AFP — Turkish police arrested three suspected Kurdish rebels accused of a bombing that killed eight children and two adults in 2006, a police source said on Monday.
Monday, 23 March, 2009 , 20:24 AFP — Iraq on Monday warned Turkish Kurdish rebels based in its northern mountains to lay down their guns or leave the country, during a landmark visit by Turkey's President Abdullah Gul.
Monday, 23 March, 2009 , 17:38 AFP — Turkish police Monday arrested a senior military officer in connection with an investigation into the summary killing of Kurds in the southeast of the country, the Anatolia news agency reported.
Wednesday, 11 March, 2009 , 09:13 AFP — Iranian shelling of Kurdish border villages in northern Iraq left one child dead, a local official told AFP on Wednesday.
Tuesday, 10 March, 2009 , 05:07 AFP — A French film-maker, whose new movie depicts a Kurdish refugee hoping to swim the Channel to Britain, has angered the government by comparing its policies on illegal immigrants to Nazi-occupied France's repression of Jews.
Monday, 9 March, 2009 , 16:40 AFP — Excavators unearthed fragments of bone and cloth during a dig in southeast Turkey on Monday as part of a probe into alleged extrajudicial killings of Kurds, a judicial source said.
Monday, 9 March, 2009 , 15:08 AFP — Excavation work began Monday in Turkey's southeast as part of an investigation into allegations of extrajudicial killings of Kurds by security forces, the Anatolia news agency reported.
Friday, 6 March, 2009 , 10:40 AFP — About 375 Kurdish militants were either killed or wounded in Turkish cross-border military action in neighbouring Iraq since October, Anatolia news agency quoted an army spokesman as saying Friday.
