Wednesday, 8 March, 2006 , 14:02 AFP — A prosecutor who accused Turkey's land forces commander of acting outside the law in the fight against separatist Kurdish rebels is to face a probe into his conduct, Justice Minister Cemel Cicek said Wednesday.

Tuesday, 7 March, 2006 , 16:59 AFP — Separatist Kurdish rebels claimed responsibility Tuesday for two attacks on security forces in southeast Turkey that have claimed four lives over the past week.

Monday, 6 March, 2006 , 16:55 AFP — Two policemen were killed and five others injured in southeast Turkey Monday when suspected Kurdish militants attacked their van, in the latest episode of mounting violence in the mainly Kurdish region, local officials said.

Monday, 6 March, 2006 , 16:19 AFP — Suspected Kurdish militants opened fire Monday on a police vehicle in southeast Turkey, wounding six officers, and detonated a time bomb that injured another person, local officials said.

Monday, 6 March, 2006 , 15:47 AFP — The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Monday urged Iranian Kurds who fled Iraq and settled in a no-man's land along the Jordanian border to relocate to Iraqi Kurdistan.

Monday, 6 March, 2006 , 15:23 AFP — Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party called on the government Monday to give Kurdish the status of an official language and scrap legal restrictions barring Kurdish representation in parliament.

Monday, 6 March, 2006 , 15:01 AFP — Iran has handed over seven suspected Kurdish separatist militants to Turkey, Anatolia news agency reported Monday.

Monday, 6 March, 2006 , 12:19 AFP — A prosecutor has accused Turkey's land forces commander of acting outside the law in the fight against separatist Kurdish rebels, rattling the influential army, newspapers reported Monday.

Monday, 6 March, 2006 , 10:31 AFP — One person was injured in mainly Kurdish southeast Turkey on Monday when suspected Kurdish rebels detonated a time bomb, local officials said.

Monday, 6 March, 2006 , 09:55 AFP — The general commanding Turkey's land forces is under legal investigation over allegations of a lethal bomb attack in an area largely populated by Kurds, the restless minority seeking independence, newspapers reported here Monday.