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.

Wednesday, 30 December, 2015 , 17:19 AFP — Walking gingerly through streets littered with the rubble of damaged buildings and dead animals, residents of a mainly Kurdish town in southeastern Turkey started to return to their homes after a 19-day curfew was lifted.

Wednesday, 30 December, 2015 , 13:08 AFP — Walking gingerly through streets littered with the rubble of damaged buildings and dead animals, residents of a mainly Kurdish town in southeastern Turkey started to return to their homes after a 19-day curfew was lifted.

Tuesday, 29 December, 2015 , 15:44 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday accused the leader of the main Kurdish party Selahattin Demirtas of "treason" over his call for autonomy for the country's Kurdish minority.

Tuesday, 29 December, 2015 , 13:15 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday accused the leader of the main Kurdish party Selahattin Demirtas of "treason" over his call for autonomy for the country's Kurdish minority.