Saturday, 1 August, 2015 , 19:51 AFP — Turkey has killed 260 Kurdish militants in a week-long air offensive on targets in northern Iraq, official media claimed Saturday, as regional Iraqi authorities said it was time the rebels pulled out with concerns growing over civilian casualties.

Saturday, 1 August, 2015 , 07:24 AFP — Around 260 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) have been killed and hundreds more wounded in Ankara's week-long campaign of air strikes against targets of the group inside Turkey and in northern Iraq, the official Anatolia news agency said Saturday.

Friday, 31 July, 2015 , 20:01 AFP — Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region urged Turkey on Friday to halt its air strikes against PKK guerrilla bases on its territory and called for a negotiated settlement to the conflict.

Friday, 31 July, 2015 , 16:15 AFP — Two more Turkish police were killed Friday in an attack blamed on Kurdish militants as tensions in the country boiled over amid the military's cross-border bombing campaign against extremists in Syria and Iraq.

Friday, 31 July, 2015 , 14:51 AFP — German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday urged Turkey not to abandon the Kurdish peace process despite an upsurge in tension and violence.

Friday, 31 July, 2015 , 12:38 AFP — Turkey's charismatic Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtas, who led his party to a remarkable breakthrough in June 7 legislative polls, is facing the biggest test of his career as Ankara cracks down on militant Kurds.

Friday, 31 July, 2015 , 10:39 AFP — Two more Turkish police were killed Friday in an attack blamed on Kurdish militants as tensions in the country boiled over amid the military's cross-border bombing campaign against extremists in Syria and Iraq.

Friday, 31 July, 2015 , 10:07 AFP — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday fiercely denied suggestions Turkey was assisting Islamic State militants, accusing "dark powers" of spreading false propoganda about his country.

Friday, 31 July, 2015 , 09:49 AFP — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for early elections if efforts to form a coalition yield no results after the ruling party lost its overall majority in June 7 elections, media reported on Friday.

Friday, 31 July, 2015 , 06:00 AFP — Two Turkish police were killed on Friday in a gun attack on police headquarters in the southern region of Adana blamed on Kurdish militants, the official Anatolia news agency reported.