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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sunday, 4 September, 2016 , 15:23 AFP — Ankara stepped up its fight against militants in Turkey and northern Syria with air strikes on Kurdish rebel positions in the restive southeast and IS extremists in northern Syria, security sources said Sunday.