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.

Saturday, 27 October, 2007 , 08:01 AFP — Turkish media said Saturday that the government's rejection of Iraqi proposals to curb Kurdish militants had brought closer Turkish military strikes on Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq.

Friday, 26 October, 2007 , 22:12 AFP — Turkey rejected on Friday Iraqi proposals to stop Kurdish rebels making cross-border attacks as too little, too late and said it remained in a "constant state of alert."

Friday, 26 October, 2007 , 21:00 AFP — Turkey said Friday that it is not satisfied with proposals that Baghdad submitted at crisis talks here to avert a Turkish military strike against Kurd rebels in northern Iraq.

Friday, 26 October, 2007 , 19:48 AFP — Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan remained ambiguous Friday on the timing of an eventual Turkish military operation against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, but hinted that it is unlikely to happen before he flies to Washington on November 5.

Friday, 26 October, 2007 , 19:02 AFP — In the midst of a crisis with Baghdad over Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq, Turkey's foreign minister will travel Saturday to Iran, which has urged Ankara to avoid military action against its western neighbour.

Friday, 26 October, 2007 , 18:54 AFP — The peshmerga fighters of northern Iraq's Kurdish region on Friday urged the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to release the eight soldiers the are holding hostage in Turkey.

Friday, 26 October, 2007 , 18:00 AFP — Turkey is not satisfied with the proposals Baghdad submitted at crisis talks here Friday to tackle Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq and wants more urgent measures, the foreign ministry said.