Sunday, 28 October, 2007 , 20:30 AFP — The Turkish army killed 15 Kurdish militants Sunday as Ankara geared up for crucial talks with the United States to tackle a simmering crisis over rebel bases in northern Iraq.
Sunday, 28 October, 2007 , 18:32 AFP — Several thousand people in the Austrian city of Salzburg protested peacefully Sunday against Kurdish rebels amid growing international tension over their Iraq bases, police said.
Sunday, 28 October, 2007 , 16:06 AFP — Iraqi Kurd leader Massud Barzani called on Sunday for direct talks with Turkey to break the deadlock over the problem of rebel fighters hiding out in northern Iraq.
Sunday, 28 October, 2007 , 15:24 AFP — Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan warned on Sunday that Turkey could launch an attack on Kurdish militants in northern Iraq but failed to win the support of neighbouring Iran for a military strike.
Sunday, 28 October, 2007 , 14:50 AFP — A small bomb exploded Sunday at a demonstration in northwest Turkey against Kurdish rebel violence, leaving five people slightly injured, officials said.
Sunday, 28 October, 2007 , 13:32 AFP — The Turkish military killed 15 Kurdish rebels Sunday in a clash near the Iraqi border, amid stepped up diplomatic efforts to avert a full-scale Turkish incursion against separatist bases in northern Iraq.
Sunday, 28 October, 2007 , 13:24 AFP — A blast Sunday at a demonstration in northwest Turkey against Kurdish rebel violence left three people slightly injured, officials said.
Sunday, 28 October, 2007 , 13:04 AFP — The Turkish army on Sunday killed 15 Kurdish rebels in an operation in the eastern province of Tunceli, the CNN Turk news channel reported.
Saturday, 27 October, 2007 , 10:55 AFP — Some 2,000 people, mostly Kurds, took to the streets in Turkey's southeast on Saturday to protest mounting Kurdish rebel violence amid Ankara's threats of a military strike into Iraq to weed out the rebels.
Saturday, 27 October, 2007 , 10:13 AFP — Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan slammed European countries Saturday for failing to arrest and extradite wanted Kurdish militants to Turkey.
