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.

Sunday, 5 March, 2006 , 18:26 AFP — At least nine people were killed across strife-torn Iraq as Kurdish leaders on Sunday lobbied reclusive Shiite cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani to stop outgoing Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari from heading the next government.

Sunday, 5 March, 2006 , 17:52 AFP — A radical Kurdish group claimed responsibility Sunday for a bomb attack targeting a police building in western Turkey, leaving one person injured.

Saturday, 4 March, 2006 , 14:36 AFP — One person sustained minor injuries and dozens of buildings were damaged Saturday when a homemade bomb exploded near a police building in the western Turkish city of Izmir, the Anatolia news agency said.

Friday, 3 March, 2006 , 17:20 AFP — A prosecutor has asked a Turkish court to hand down life sentences without parole to two soldiers and an auxiliary accused of causing an explosion in the Kurdish area of the country, the Anatolia news agency reported Friday.

Friday, 3 March, 2006 , 09:18 AFP — Iraq's dominant political party, the Shiite-based United Iraqi Alliance, will run into trouble in parliament if it insists on reselecting Ibrahim Jaafari as premier, a Sunni party spokesman warned Friday.

Tuesday, 21 February, 2006 , 15:03 AFP — Two Turkish television stations have been authorized to begin broadcasting in Kurdish beginning next month, television executives said Tuesday, in a move that reflects the country's efforts to grant its minority Kurd community increased rights.

Tuesday, 21 February, 2006 , 11:13 AFP — The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) called on Turkey Tuesday to agree to dialogue with their group, accusing Ankara of "double standards" since it had engaged in similar talks with the radical Palestinian group Hamas.