Saturday, 10 June, 2006 , 07:48 AFP — Two Kurdish rebels were killed early Saturday in clashes with the Turkish army in the southeast of the country, security officials said.

Friday, 9 June, 2006 , 15:45 AFP — A Kurdish mayor in southeastern Turkey was sentenced to 15 months in jail Friday for remarks deemed as praise of jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan.

Friday, 9 June, 2006 , 07:03 AFP — Four police officers were wounded when separatist Kurdish rebels opened fire on the residence of a local government official in southeast Turkey, local security sources said Friday.

Thursday, 8 June, 2006 , 18:52 AFP — A dissident Turkish sociologist was cleared Thursday of helping to organize a deadly blast after the court was unable to establish whether a bomb or a gas leak caused the explosion, Anatolia news agency reported.

Thursday, 8 June, 2006 , 18:04 AFP — One person was killed and four others injured Thursday in an explosion in the province of Sirnak in mainly Kurdish southeastern Turkey, hospital sources said.

Tuesday, 6 June, 2006 , 13:01 AFP — Two Turkish soldiers were killed and two others wounded Tuesday in an ambush by separatist Kurdish rebels, while a remote-controlled landmine targeted a school bus, leaving two more soldiers injured, officials said.

Monday, 5 June, 2006 , 07:19 AFP — Separatist Kurdish rebels ambushed a military convoy in southeastern Turkey, killing a soldier and wounding eight others, officials said.

Friday, 2 June, 2006 , 15:49 AFP — A Turkish soldier and four armed Kurdish rebels were killed in clashes in the country's mainly Kurdish southeast, local officials said Friday.

Thursday, 1 June, 2006 , 12:24 AFP — Turkish police seized nearly four kilograms (nine pounds) of explosives and detained six suspected Kurdish militants who were allegedly planning bomb attacks in Izmir, a touristic city on the Aegean coast, Anatolia news agency reported Thursday.

Wednesday, 31 May, 2006 , 20:15 AFP — Allegations of disguised honor killings or forced suicides among women in mainly Kurdish southeast Turkey cannot be dismissed and should be carefully investigated, a UN rapporteur said Wednesday.