Saturday, 21 July, 2007 , 15:27 AFP — A Turkish prosecutor said Saturday he is investigating a former Kurdish lawmaker accused of advocating autonomy for Kurds, a news agency reported.
Saturday, 21 July, 2007 , 12:49 AFP — Turkey warned Saturday that it could send troops into northern Iraq after Sunday's general elections if talks with Iraqi and US officials fail to produce effective measures against Kurdish rebels based there.
Saturday, 21 July, 2007 , 07:30 AFP — Turkey warned Saturday that it could send troops into northern Iraq if talks with Iraqi and US officials after Sunday's general elections fail to produce effective measures against Kurdish rebels based there.
Friday, 20 July, 2007 , 17:37 AFP — Turkish security forces killed two members of the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Friday in fighting in the southeast region near the Iraqi and Syrian borders, officials said.
Thursday, 19 July, 2007 , 09:55 AFP — Turkey lashed out at Austria Thursday for failing to extradite a wanted senior Kurdish rebel to Ankara and allowing him to go to Iraq instead, accusing Vienna of undermining international efforts against terrorism.
Wednesday, 18 July, 2007 , 07:07 AFP — Two Turkish soldiers were killed and six others injured when their vehicle hit a landmine planted by separatist Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey, local officials said.
Wednesday, 18 July, 2007 , 03:46 AFP — At the headquarters of Turkey's main Kurdish party, activists busily prepare election material: leaflets and posters, but also bizarre stencils and lengths of string that may help sway the outcome of the vote in the southeast.
Tuesday, 17 July, 2007 , 14:53 AFP — The Iraqi government will soon dispatch about 6,000 former Kurdish guerrillas to protect electric and oil infrastructure from insurgents attacks, a security official said on Tuesday.
Tuesday, 17 July, 2007 , 12:43 AFP — Two Turkish soldiers and a Kurdish rebel were killed in a clash in the country's restive southeast, the army said Tuesday.
Tuesday, 17 July, 2007 , 12:11 AFP — Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday announced new measures to grant citizenship to hundreds of thousands of ethnic Kurds who have hitherto been denied Syrian nationality.
