Wednesday, 9 January, 2008 , 14:36 AFP — Turkey has detained two more people with suspected links to Kurdish rebels after a deadly car bomb attack, bringing to nine the number of suspects in custody, judicial officials said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 9 January, 2008 , 11:37 AFP — Turkey's Constitutional Court on Wednesday gave the country's main Kurdish party extra time to prepare its defence against charges of alleged links with separatist rebels, a party lawyer said.

Wednesday, 9 January, 2008 , 01:31 AFP — Turkish President Abdullah Gul indicated Tuesday that his country cannot, by itself, forge a "political solution" ending two decades of attacks by Kurdish rebels based in nearby northern Iraq.

Tuesday, 8 January, 2008 , 22:16 AFP — The United States on Tuesday vowed to help Turkey battle Kurdish fighters based in Iraq, but urged its NATO ally to work with Baghdad on a "long-term political solution" to end the 20-year conflict.

Tuesday, 8 January, 2008 , 17:23 AFP — US President George W. Bush and visiting Turkish President Abdullah Gul vowed Tuesday to keep working together to confront outlawed Iraq-based Kurdish rebels that they branded a "common enemy."

Tuesday, 8 January, 2008 , 16:45 AFP — Turkish police questioned Tuesday a suspected member of the Kurdish separatist PKK over a deadly car bomb here last week, officials and reports said, as the group apologised for the attack.

Tuesday, 8 January, 2008 , 16:13 AFP — The United States on Tuesday pressed Turkey to work with Iraqi leaders to craft a "long-term political solution" aimed at ending years of attacks by Iraq-based Kurdish rebels on Turkish targets.

Sunday, 6 January, 2008 , 18:52 AFP — Turkish prosecutors released four suspects Sunday who had been held over last week's deadly car bomb attack in the main Kurdish city of Diyarbakir, justice officials said.

Sunday, 6 January, 2008 , 09:46 AFP — Iranian security forces killed a number of foreign-backed rebels in its western Kermanshah province, which has a substantial population of minority Kurds, the Fars news agency reported Sunday.

Saturday, 5 January, 2008 , 18:42 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Saturday called a deadly car bomb attack in the southeastern Anatolia region a "betrayal" of Kurds by Kurdish rebels blamed for the act.