Wednesday, 6 January, 2016 , 16:17 AFP — Three female Kurdish political activists have been killed in fighting in a curfew-hit town in southeast Turkey as the authorities press an offensive against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the main pro-Kurdish party said Wednesday.

Wednesday, 6 January, 2016 , 12:46 AFP — Three female Kurdish campaigners have been killed in fighting in a curfew-hit town in southeast Turkey as the authorities press an offensive against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the main pro-Kurdish party said Wednesday.

Tuesday, 5 January, 2016 , 16:49 AFP — The authorities in southeast Turkey on Tuesday freed on bail an Iraqi translator working for US-based news site Vice News after more than four months in detention but he still faces trial, judicial sources and the media outlet said.

Monday, 4 January, 2016 , 16:31 AFP — A Turkish court on Monday sentenced a co-mayor of a major city in the Kurdish-majority southeast to 15 years in jail on charges of membership of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

Saturday, 3 January, 2015 , 16:40 AFP — A mother of three was killed on Sunday when a mortar shell hit her apartment in a city in Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast that has been under curfew for a month.

Saturday, 3 January, 2015 , 12:04 AFP — Arab and Kurdish forces have killed at least 16 fighters from the Islamic State group during fierce clashes north of the jihadists' stronghold of Raqa, a monitor said Sunday.

Saturday, 3 January, 2015 , 11:37 AFP — Turkey's parliament will set up a committee to consider lifting the immunity of two leaders of the main Kurdish party so they can be tried over their call for autonomy, the pro-government Sabah daily said Sunday.

Friday, 2 January, 2015 , 11:28 AFP — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday backed the opening of a criminal probe into the leaders of Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party, saying they should "pay the price" for remarks pressing for autonomy for the country's largest ethnic minority.

Thursday, 31 December, 2015 , 15:28 AFP — Turkish security forces killed 3,100 Kurdish militants in 2015, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday, vowing no let-up in a relentless offensive to oust rebels from towns and mountains in the southeast.

Thursday, 31 December, 2015 , 12:08 AFP — Turkish security forces killed 3,100 Kurdish militants in 2015, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday, vowing no let-up in a relentless offensive to oust rebels from towns and mountains in the southeast.