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Three reported dead as molotov cocktail burns bus in Istanbul


Sunday, 2 April, 2006 , 22:43 AFP A molotov cocktail attack set ablaze a bus in Istanbul late Sunday, resulting in three deaths, in the sixth day of Kurdish riots in Turkey, the CNN Turk news channel reported.

Kurdish riots claim two more lives in Turkey


Sunday, 2 April, 2006 , 20:35 AFP Two more people were reported dead Sunday in a sixth day of Kurdish riots in Turkey, bringing the death toll to 10, as the violence spread from the southeast to the country's biggest city Istanbul.

Week of violence revives fears of ethnic conflict in Turkey


Sunday, 2 April, 2006 , 16:19 AFP A ninth person was reported to have died Sunday in the violence that has flared in southeast Turkey for the past week in the most serious urban disturbances to hit the region in a decade.

Kurdish leader urges end of riots, calls on Ankara for reform


Sunday, 2 April, 2006 , 10:21 AFP The leader of Turkey's main Kurdish party urged Sunday an end to deadly Kurdish riots in the southeast and called on Ankara to come up with far-reaching reforms to make permanent peace with its largest minority.

No going back from democracy, governor says after Kurdish riots


Sunday, 2 April, 2006 , 08:33 AFP The governor of this southeastern Turkish city, at the center of deadly Kurdish riots this week, has said that only more democracy will erode Kurdish separatism and militancy in the region.

Week of violence in southeast revives fears of ethnic conflict in Turkey


Sunday, 2 April, 2006 , 01:59 AFP Ethnic riots in southeast Turkey this week left eight dead and 250 wounded in the worst urban violence to hit the region in a decade, reviving bitter memories of the heyday of the Kurdish rebellion that has claimed more than 37,000 lives so far.

One killed as Kurdish protestors rampage for fifth day in Turkey


Saturday, 1 April, 2006 , 15:37 AFP The death toll from a week of violent street clashes between Kurdish youths and security forces in Turkey rose to eight Saturday with fresh riots near the Syrian border.

Evidence against Saddam for killing Kurds ready: prosecutor


Saturday, 1 April, 2006 , 13:59 AFP The chief prosecutor in the Saddam Hussein trial said on Saturday that documents depicting the ex-president's role in the killings of around 180,000 people, mostly Kurds, in the Anfal campaign were ready.

Kurdish protestors rampage for fifth day in Turkey


Saturday, 1 April, 2006 , 13:25 AFP Kurdish protestors went on the rampage in southeastern Turkey on Saturday in the fifth day of deadly street clashes with security forces that have raised fears of new ethnic bloodshed.

Toddler killed in southeast Turkey, bomb in Istanbul


Friday, 31 March, 2006 , 20:01 AFP A stray bullet killed a toddler Friday as Kurdish protesters battled security forces in southeastern Turkey, a hospital said, raising the death toll this week to seven.