Monday, 6 October, 2008 , 15:57 AFP — The death toll from a Kurdish rebel attack on a Turkish border outpost last week reached 17 Monday as the army said that the bodies of two missing soldiers were found.

Monday, 6 October, 2008 , 10:31 AFP — Turkish warplanes carried out a bombing raid against Kurdish rebel hideouts in neighbouring northern Iraq on Monday, the military said.

Monday, 6 October, 2008 , 09:23 AFP — Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was to meet with his ministers Monday after a deadly rebel attack against Turkish soldiers and weekend reprisals that the army said killed nearly two dozen insurgents.

Monday, 6 October, 2008 , 08:53 AFP — The rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Monday claimed it had the bodies of two Turkish soldiers killed in a raid last week in southeastern Turkey near the border with Iraq.

Sunday, 5 October, 2008 , 16:17 AFP — The Turkish military Sunday accused Iraqi Kurds of aiding Turkish Kurdish rebels holed up in their autonomous enclave in northern Iraq after the militants killed at least 15 soldiers in a daytime attack near the border.

Sunday, 5 October, 2008 , 13:33 AFP — The Turkish military Sunday accused Iraqi Kurds of aiding separatist Turkish Kurdish rebels taking refuge in their autonomous region in neighbouring northern Iraq.

Sunday, 5 October, 2008 , 12:22 AFP — Thousands of people gathered across Turkey Sunday for the funerals of 15 soldiers slain in a brazen Kurdish rebel attack on a border post, as the country's leadership vowed to crush the separatists.

Sunday, 5 October, 2008 , 09:15 AFP — Turkey Sunday began burying 15 soldiers slain in a bloody attack by Kurdish rebels as the country's civilian and military leaders vowed that crushing them would be a top priority.

Sunday, 5 October, 2008 , 02:50 AFP — UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Saturday condemned the attack by separatist Kurdish rebels in Turkey near the Iraqi border that killed 15 soldiers, his spokesperson Michelle Montas said.

Saturday, 4 October, 2008 , 18:44 AFP — Turkey said Saturday the destruction of separatist Kurdish rebels would take precedence over all other concerns after 15 soldiers and 23 militants died in clashes sparked by a rebel attack near the Iraqi border.