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Turkey grants jailed PKK leader family visit


Saturday, 10 September, 2016 , 12:01 AFP Turkey has granted permission to the family of jailed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan to visit him for the first time in two years, state media reported Saturday.

Dozens detained at teacher demo in southeast Turkey: AFP


Friday, 9 September, 2016 , 11:24 AFP Turkish police on Friday fired tear gas and water cannon on hundreds of demonstrators in the Kurdish-majority southeast protesting against the suspension of over 10,000 teachers for suspected links to militants, an AFP journalist reported.

Turkey suspends over 10,000 teachers for 'Kurdish militant links': official


Thursday, 8 September, 2016 , 13:12 AFP Turkey has suspended more than 10,000 teachers over suspected links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a Turkish official said on Thursday, following a purge of education staff in the wake of the failed coup bid.

Turkey detains female PKK militant at Istanbul airport


Thursday, 8 September, 2016 , 10:56 AFP Turkish security forces on Thursday detained a female militant member of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) at Istanbul airport on suspicion of planning an attack in the city, the state-run Anadolu news agency said.

Turkish shelling kills six Syrian Kurd fighters: monitor


Thursday, 8 September, 2016 , 07:10 AFP Heavy Turkish shelling across the border into Syria killed six US-backed Kurdish fighters and wounded several civilians, a monitoring group said on Thursday.

8 Kurdish rebels killed in northwest Iran: state media


Wednesday, 7 September, 2016 , 12:53 AFP Eight members of the rebel Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) have been killed in clashes with security forces along the Iraqi border, state media reported Wednesday.

In Turkey, Kurds begin hunger strike over jailed leader


Monday, 5 September, 2016 , 16:03 AFP A group of 50 Kurdish activists, including MPs, on Monday began a hunger strike to protest the lack of news about the welfare of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan.

US envoy visits Kurds in Syria amid Turkey tensions


Monday, 5 September, 2016 , 13:23 AFP Washington dispatched a top envoy to meet with allied Kurdish forces inside Syria last week, a State Department official said Monday, following tensions after Turkey began operations in the war-torn country.

In Turkey, Kurds begin hunger strike over jailed leader


Monday, 5 September, 2016 , 12:38 AFP A group of Kurdish activists including MPs on Monday began a hunger strike to protest the lack of news about the welfare of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan.

IS ousted from Turkey border as Syria army besieges Aleppo


Sunday, 4 September, 2016 , 20:04 AFP Islamic State jihadists were expelled from their last positions along the Turkish-Syrian border, Turkey said Sunday, as Syrian forces again laid seige to rebel strongholds in war-torn Aleppo.