Sunday, 6 November, 2016 , 11:07 AFP —

Sunday, 6 November, 2016 , 10:45 AFP — Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party on Sunday said it was pulling out of parliament after nine of its MPs including the two co-leaders were arrested in an unprecedented crackdown.

Sunday, 6 November, 2016 , 09:18 AFP — The pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) on Sunday said it was halting all its activities in the Turkish parliament after nine of its MPs, including the two co-leaders, were arrested.

Sunday, 6 November, 2016 , 08:49 AFP — The pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) on Sunday said it was halting all its activities in the Turkish parliament after nine of its MPs, including the two co-leaders, were arrested.

Sunday, 6 November, 2016 , 08:37 AFP —

Sunday, 6 November, 2016 , 08:37 AFP — Turkey's EU Affairs Minister Omer Celik on Sunday called all the bloc's envoys in Ankara for an unusual meeting, the ministry said, following searing European criticism of the arrest of pro-Kurdish MPs.

Saturday, 5 November, 2016 , 21:04 AFP — An Istanbul court on Saturday remanded in custody nine staff from the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper, in an intensifying crackdown a day after the leaders of the country's main pro-Kurdish party were also jailed.

Saturday, 5 November, 2016 , 16:45 AFP — Several thousand Kurds marched in the western Germany city of Cologne on Saturday in support of pro-Kurdish politicians jailed in Turkey the previous day.

Saturday, 5 November, 2016 , 15:46 AFP — An Istanbul court on Saturday remanded in custody nine staff from the opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper, in an intensifying crackdown a day after the leaders of the country's main pro-Kurdish party were also jailed.

Saturday, 5 November, 2016 , 14:27 AFP — Confusion reigned Sunday over who carried out an attack in Turkey that left 11 dead, with one source claiming it was the Islamic State but authorities insisting Kurdish militants were to blame.