Thursday, 14 June, 2007 , 11:06 AFP — Turkey on Thursday accused its neighbour Iraq of making "no effort at all" to curb Turkish Kurd rebels it charged take refuge in northern Iraq and obtain large amounts of explosives there.

Wednesday, 13 June, 2007 , 21:47 AFP — A man fired in the air outside a building of Turkey's ruling party Wednesday to denounce Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's criticism of anti-government protests over an intensified Kurdish insurgency in the southeast, media reports said.

Wednesday, 13 June, 2007 , 18:09 AFP — A roadside bomb killed a soldier and wounded two others Wednesday in Turkey's increasingly restive southeast, Anatolia news agency reported.

Wednesday, 13 June, 2007 , 15:55 AFP — More than 2,000 Kurdish fighters are being deployed in restive Diyala province to support US and Iraqi forces fighting insurgents, a top Kurdish security official said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 13 June, 2007 , 13:27 AFP — A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced one of the lawyers representing detained Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan to nearly four years in jail for supporting a terrorist outfit.

Tuesday, 12 June, 2007 , 15:34 AFP — Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Tuesday indicated he would resist calls from the influential military for an incursion into neighbouring northern Iraq to pursue Turkish Kurd rebels taking refuge there.

Tuesday, 12 June, 2007 , 12:38 AFP — Turkey's main Kurdish rebel outfit offered a renewed ceasefire to the government Tuesday if it agreed to end army operations against the group, a Kurdish news agency reported.

Tuesday, 12 June, 2007 , 10:40 AFP — Eight suspected members of the Kurdish separatist group PKK were detained in France Tuesday in a criminal investigation into attacks on Turkish interests, judicial officials said.

Tuesday, 12 June, 2007 , 10:24 AFP — NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Tuesday called on alliance member Turkey to act with "a maximum of restraint" in dealing with the problem of the safe haven that Turkish Kurd rebels enjoy in northern Iraq.

Tuesday, 12 June, 2007 , 09:02 AFP — Turkish political and military leaders are later Tuesday to discuss measures against Kurdish separatists, who have stepped up their attacks against Turkey, a source close to the government said.