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An encounter shows Kurdish guerrillas in no hurry to abandon Turkey's mountains

one of the men, who called himself Ali, asked, referring to the area of Turkey where the interview took place as well as Kurdish majority regions of Iraq, Iran and Syria.

Kurdish rebels to start retreating from Turkey

Selahattin Demirtas, leader of a pro-Kurdish political party, said the full withdrawal of forces could take three to four months.

Kurdish rebels fighting Turkey release 8 captives

A Kurdish party official says Kurdish rebels have freed a group of captured soldiers and officials as part of peace efforts between Turkey and the rebels.

Jailed Kurdish rebel leader proposes peace plan

Turkey is expected to amend its legislation in a way that would no longer make it a crime to publicly praise Kurdish rebels, which could lead to Kurdish activists' release from prison.

Kurdish leader calls talks 'historic step'

His brief message was conveyed Saturday by three pro-Kurdish legislators who were allowed to travel to his prison island off Istanbul to confer about the peace process.

Alleged Kurdish extortion ring: France charges 11

French authorities have filed preliminary charges against 11 people as part of a judicial probe into alleged extortion to raise funds for a banned Kurdish rebel group in Turkey.

Thousands attend Kurdish activists' funeral

Thousands of mourners assembled behind the coffins draped in the flags of the PKK at the victims funeral Thursday in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir.

Turkey says France must solve Kurdish killings

The three, including the founding member of the autonomy-seeking Kurdish rebel group, the PKK, were found shot dead on Thursday at a time when their jailed leader is holding peace talks with Turkey.

Turkey sees Kurdish feud behind Paris slayings

The other two victims have been identified as Leyla Soylemez and Fidan Dogan, Kurdish activists in their 20s.

3 Kurdish women shot dead at Paris office

Police say three Kurdish women have been shot dead at a pro-Kurdish center in Paris in what the French interior minister is calling an execution.

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Syria too fractured to put back together, experts say

In the northeast, the Kurds have effectively carved out an autonomous zone.

Turkey's journalists say press freedom has declined under Erdogan's rule

"If this is journalism, then down with your journalism," Erdogan declared in a speech about...

ANKARA, Turkey: 40 dead in Turkey car bombings near Syria

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier also raised the possibility that the bombings may be...