Tuesday, 21 March, 2006 , 09:51 AFP — Tens of thousands of people gathered in southestern Turkey Tuesday to celebrate Newroz, the Kurdish New Year, as police beefed up security over fears that radical Kurds may use the event to stir unrest in the already tense region.
Monday, 20 March, 2006 , 20:48 AFP — Syrian security forces Monday broke up a demonstration by thousands of Kurds celebrating their New Year in the northern town of Aleppo and made several arrests, a human rights activist said.
Monday, 20 March, 2006 , 10:42 AFP — The Turkish army condemned as "baseless" Monday accusations that its number two acted outside the law in the fight against Kurdish rebels and urged the government to find those responsible for what it called a unjustified, intentional attack on its ranks.
Sunday, 19 March, 2006 , 16:36 AFP — Demonstrators threw Molotov cocktails as Turkey's restless Kurdish community celebrated its new year Sunday amid tight security with renewed demonstrations of support for its separatist movement.
Sunday, 19 March, 2006 , 15:42 AFP — Syria's state security court on Sunday sentenced six Kurds to prison terms on charges of either separatism or belonging to illegal groups, human rights lawyer Anwar Bunni said.
Friday, 17 March, 2006 , 18:06 AFP — Two private regional television channels and a radio station will start brief Kurdish-language broadcasts for the first time in Turkey next week.
Friday, 17 March, 2006 , 12:08 AFP — The Turkish authorities are stepping up security measures in the southeast ahead of Newroz, the Kurdish New Year, amid concerns that Kurdish militants may use the celebrations to fuel unrest in the already tense region.
Sunday, 12 March, 2006 , 15:59 AFP — Turkey's main armed Kurdish rebel group said Sunday that one of its militants was behind a deadly suicide bombing this week in eastern Turkey, but underlined that it had not ordered or endorsed the attack.
Sunday, 12 March, 2006 , 14:57 AFP — Turkey's Kurds on Sunday complained of police oppression and called for an end to prejudice against their language as crucial steps towards ending a 22-year-old conflict in the southeast of the country.
Sunday, 12 March, 2006 , 14:27 AFP — Security forces on Sunday arrested a former opposition MP and several Kurdish demonstrators who were marking the second anniversary of deadly clashes in northern Syria, human rights advocates said.
