Saturday, 7 July, 2007 , 15:41 AFP — Thousands of people demonstrated in Ankara on Saturday to protest the activities of the banned separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has stepped up violence this year.

Friday, 6 July, 2007 , 19:18 AFP — Iraq's oil minister said on Friday that oil contracts concluded by the Kurdish regional government must be amended to conform with a controversial new draft oil law approved by the Baghdad cabinet.

Thursday, 5 July, 2007 , 06:56 AFP — Two Kurdish rebels and a member of a pro-government militia have been killed in fresh violence in Turkey's restive southeast, security officials said Thursday.

Wednesday, 4 July, 2007 , 12:00 AFP — Iraq's Kurdish and Sunni leaders on Wednesday complained they were being kept in the dark over oil legislation set to go before parliament, saying they had not seen the final bill approved by cabinet.

Wednesday, 4 July, 2007 , 09:36 AFP — Iraq's Kurdish regional government warned on Wednesday against any major changes to oil legislation set to go before parliament, saying it had not seen the final bill approved by the cabinet.

Tuesday, 3 July, 2007 , 19:50 AFP — The US military warned Turkey Tuesday against destabilizing northern Iraq by carrying out a threatened cross-border raid on Kurdish rebels.

Sunday, 1 July, 2007 , 15:01 AFP — Three suspected Kurdish rebels, including one woman, have been arrested in Istanbul where they are thought to have been planning large-scale attacks, the Anatolia news agency reported Sunday.

Sunday, 1 July, 2007 , 03:27 AFP — Northern Iraq's relatively stable Kurdish region is trying to attract oil prospectors and investors instead of insurgents in an ambitious bid to rival commercial hotspots like Dubai.

Saturday, 30 June, 2007 , 17:13 AFP — Three Turkish soldiers died Saturday in a landmine explosion in the east of the country, security sources said, the day after a Kurdish rebel was killed by army troops.

Friday, 29 June, 2007 , 12:28 AFP — Turkey has drawn up plans for an eventual incursion into neighbouring northern Iraq to pursue Turkish Kurd rebels taking refuge there, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said Friday.