Saturday, 23 July, 2016 , 18:08 AFP — Turkey pushed on Saturday with a sweeping crackdown against suspected plotters of its failed coup, defiantly telling EU critics it had no choice but to root out hidden enemies.

Friday, 22 July, 2016 , 15:02 AFP — Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party strongly opposes the failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan but will keep up its opposition to the "oppression" of the Turkish strongman, its leader says.

Wednesday, 20 July, 2016 , 10:08 AFP — Turkish security forces and Kurdish militants are locked in a grinding conflict with no end in sight even after the botched coup, following a year of renewed fighting that has sown death and devastation in Turkey's southeast.

Wednesday, 20 July, 2016 , 06:47 AFP — The Turkish armed forces have carried out their first air strikes against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq since last week's coup attempt, killing 20 fighters, state media reported Wednesday.

Tuesday, 19 July, 2016 , 14:47 AFP — Iraqi officers said Tuesday that Kurdish security forces detained and tortured several soldiers, an event that would likely undermine trust between the two sides when cooperation against jihadists is needed.

Wednesday, 13 July, 2016 , 10:34 AFP — Turkey has condemned as unacceptable an exhibition at the European Parliament on a Kurdish militia force in northern Syria, accusing the EU body of showing propaganda for a "terrorist" group.

Sunday, 10 July, 2016 , 14:08 AFP — Militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) killed six Turkish soldiers and a village guardsman in two separate attacks on Sunday, the army said.

Sunday, 10 July, 2016 , 12:33 AFP — Militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) killed five Turkish soldiers and a member of a village guard in two separate attacks on Sunday, the army and local media said.

Sunday, 10 July, 2016 , 08:40 AFP — A car bombing blamed on Kurdish militants killed one Turkish soldier and a member of the village guard in Turkey's eastern Van province on Sunday, the army said.

Saturday, 9 July, 2016 , 13:17 AFP — A car bomb attack Saturday blamed on Kurdish militants killed two Turkish soldiers and one civilian in Turkey's troubled southeast, security sources said.