Friday, 11 July, 2008 , 11:36 AFP — Germany called Friday for the immediate release of three nationals seized on Mount Ararat in Turkey by rebels from the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) and rejected the kidnappers' demands.

Friday, 11 July, 2008 , 08:52 AFP — Eleven people were killed in fighting between Kurdish rebels and the Turkish army in restive southeastern Turkey, local security sources said Friday.

Thursday, 10 July, 2008 , 19:17 AFP — Kurdish rebels confirmed Thursday they had kidnapped three Germans in eastern Turkey and threatened not to release them unless Berlin ended its crackdown against their group and supporters, the pro-Kurdish Firat news agency reported.

Thursday, 10 July, 2008 , 16:17 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on his first trip to Iraq, said on Thursday Baghdad and Kurdish leaders had offered support in Turkey's battle against Kurdish rebels and that Ankara would assist Iraq's reconstruction efforts.

Thursday, 10 July, 2008 , 12:24 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday announced he has received support from Baghdad and Iraqi Kurdish leaders to fight rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) guerrillas inside Iraq.

Tuesday, 17 June, 2008 , 06:03 AFP — The Turkish army said Tuesday it had crushed a group of Kurdish militants operating in northern Iraq by bombarding them from across its border.

Thursday, 12 June, 2008 , 11:49 AFP — A Turkish soldier was killed Thursday in the southeast of the country when he stepped on a landmine believed to have planted by separatist Kurdish rebels, Anatolia news agency reported.

Thursday, 12 June, 2008 , 10:50 AFP — A roadside bomb attack killed three security personnel from the Kurdish peshmerga forces deployed in the restive Diyala province of Iraq, a security official told AFP on Thursday.

Wednesday, 11 June, 2008 , 14:09 AFP — The Turkish parliament on Thursday voted a bill to introduce a Kurdish-language channel on state television in line with a government promise to the Kurdish minority.

Tuesday, 10 June, 2008 , 11:50 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed a desire to visit Baghdad and boost his country's support for Iraqi reconstruction, a statement from the Iraqi premier's office said.