Friday, 2 March, 2007 , 11:43 AFP — Turkey's Kurds may respond with violence if jailed rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan's life is really in danger, the country's main Kurdish party warned Friday following claims that Ocalan is being progressively poisoned in prison.

Thursday, 1 March, 2007 , 17:43 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday called ailing Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to convey his get-well wishes, an aide to Erdogan said, days after harsh exchanges between Ankara and the Iraqi Kurds.

Thursday, 1 March, 2007 , 16:46 AFP — Kurdish demonstrators forced their way into the United Nations building here on Thursday in protest at the reported poisoning of rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan.

Thursday, 1 March, 2007 , 15:59 AFP — Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan has been poisoned in jail in Turkey, his lawyers said Thursday, demanding the United Nations dispatch a medical team to investigate.

Tuesday, 27 February, 2007 , 18:38 AFP — Turkish leaders warned Iraqi Kurds Tuesday that their claims to the ethnically volatile, oil-rich city of Kirkuk in Iraq and talk of independence would fuel conflict in the region, Anatolia news agency reported.

Tuesday, 27 February, 2007 , 13:02 AFP — A Kurdish mayor was fined 3,000 lira (about 2,200 dollars, 1,650 euros) Tuesday for allowing women to use an official vehicle when they marked the birthday of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan two years ago, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Tuesday, 27 February, 2007 , 12:14 AFP — Iraq's new draft oil law has been hailed as a victory for Iraqi unity but, in the short term at least, the autonomous region of Kurdistan is likely to benefit the most, experts say.

Tuesday, 27 February, 2007 , 08:18 AFP — Iranian forces have killed three local chiefs of a Kurdish rebel group that has been involved in deadly clashes with the military close to the Turkish border, a commander said on Tuesday.

Tuesday, 27 February, 2007 , 07:56 AFP — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected Iraqi Kurdish claims to the ethnically volatile, oil-rich city of Kirkuk and warned that such an attitude would pave the way for more conflict in the war-torn country, the Anatolia news agency reported.

Monday, 26 February, 2007 , 11:01 AFP — A Turkish court Monday jailed two leaders of the country's main Kurdish party for 18 months over a Woman's Day leaflet, the Anatolia news agency reported.