Wednesday, 3 February, 2016 , 15:14 AFP — An Ankara court on Wednesday acquitted a university lecturer over an exam question on a jailed Kurdish rebel chief, in a case that raised fresh alarm over freedom of expression in Turkey.
Wednesday, 3 February, 2016 , 14:28 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani has declared that the "time has come" for the country's Kurds to hold a referendum on statehood, a move likely to raise tensions with Baghdad.
Wednesday, 3 February, 2016 , 13:02 AFP — The basement of apartment block "23" in the the flashpoint town of Cizre in southeastern Turkey has become the focus of a bloody standoff as fighting rages on between security forces and Kurdish rebels.
Wednesday, 3 February, 2016 , 11:26 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani has declared that the "time has come" for the country's Kurds to hold a referendum on statehood, a move likely to raise tensions with Baghdad.
Wednesday, 3 February, 2016 , 10:16 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani has declared that the "time has come" for the country's Kurds to hold a referendum on statehood, his office said on Wednesday.
Wednesday, 3 February, 2016 , 09:26 AFP — Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani has declared that the "time has come" for the country's Kurds to hold a referendum on statehood, his office said on Wednesday.
Tuesday, 2 February, 2016 , 17:40 AFP — A Turkish professor is to be put on trial for "terrorist propaganda" over an exam question on a jailed Kurdish rebel chief, the Hurriyet newspaper reported Tuesday, amid growing concerns for freedom of expression in Turkey.
Tuesday, 2 February, 2016 , 17:30 AFP — Turkey will unveil a new economic and security plan for the Kurdish-dominated southeast, the prime minister said Tuesday, unveiling a bid to revitalise a region battered by renewed fighting between rebels and government forces.
Monday, 1 February, 2016 , 16:33 AFP — A coalition of Syrian Kurds and Arabs will not participate in fresh peace talks in Geneva after six of its delegates, mostly Kurds, were excluded from negotiations, a member said Monday.
Monday, 1 February, 2016 , 13:34 AFP — The United Nations on Monday called on Ankara to investigate the suspected shooting of a group of unarmed people in Turkey's southeastern Kurdish-dominated region, caught in "extremely shocking" video footage.
