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Turk cities will pay if PKK leader dies in jail: brother


Saturday, 10 November, 2007 , 17:50 AFP — Turkey is denying urgent medical treatment to jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan, his brother charged on Saturday warning that suicide bombers would strike Turkish cities if he dies in prison.

Turkish general says 'never too late' to attack Kurdish rebels


Saturday, 10 November, 2007 , 11:23 AFP — Turkey's army chief has said it was "never too late" to launch broad operations against Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq, a newspaper reported Saturday.

Iraq's Kurdish capital always on its toes


Saturday, 10 November, 2007 , 05:22 AFP — Arbil, the capital of Iraq's northern Kurdish region, has been spared the kinds of attacks that have bloodied the rest of the country thanks to a deep ditch, vigilant police and nosy citizens.

Iran court upholds death sentence for Kurd newsman


Friday, 9 November, 2007 , 13:56 AFP — Iran's supreme court has upheld a death sentence against one Kurdish journalist on espionage charges but overturned that against another, defence counsel said on Friday.

Kurdish MP admits husband with PKK, slams media assault


Friday, 9 November, 2007 , 11:50 AFP — A Kurdish member of Turkey's parliament acknowledged Friday that her husband is a militant of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), the armed separatist group fighting the Ankara government.

First rule for PKK rebels: make war, not love


Friday, 9 November, 2007 , 05:08 AFP — Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) guerrillas Abdullah and Zeena broke the cardinal rule of the rebel outfit -- they fell in love.

Turkey's Kurdish party warned to cut links with rebels


Thursday, 8 November, 2007 , 18:56 AFP — Turkey's main Kurdish party urged a peaceful solution to the Kurdish conflict Thursday as Ankara warned of legal sanctions if the party fails to sever its alleged links with separatist rebels.

In Turkish mountains, an oasis of inter-ethnic harmony


Thursday, 8 November, 2007 , 11:27 AFP — Clinging to a craggy mountaintop in southeast Turkey, Mardin is at the geographic heart of a region in the throes of violent conflict between the Turkish army and separatist Kurdish rebels.

PKK fears imminent air strike on Iraqi bases: report


Thursday, 8 November, 2007 , 10:22 AFP — The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fears an imminent Turkish air strike on its bases in northern Iraq following US pledges to help Turkey combat the separatist group, a pro-PKK news agency reported Thursday.

Iraq Kurd veterans predict Turkish defeat against PKK


Thursday, 8 November, 2007 , 09:19 AFP — Veterans of the Iraqi Kurds' long war against Saddam Hussein's regime on Thursday predicted defeat for the Turkish army if it attacks Kurdish rebels hiding in the rugged Qandil mountains bordering Iran, Iraq and Turkey.