ANKARA (Reuters) - A Turkish court has sentenced the editor of a Kurdish newspaper to 21 years in prison for printing what it called Kurdish rebel propaganda, a ruling likely to raise concern about press freedom in the EU candidate country.
Sunday, 31 January, 2010 , 13:02Guardian.co.uk | Robert Tait in Istanbul
A 15-year-old Turkish girl who was arrested at a demonstration in support of a banned Kurdish group has been jailed for nearly eight years after being convicted of "terrorist" offences, including allegedly throwing stones at police.
Tuesday, 26 January, 2010 , 13:14AFP / Expatica.com
President Nicolas Sarkozy says the Kurdish migrants who have just been released will be expelled from France if they are not genuine asylum seekers.
Tuesday, 12 January, 2010 , 15:35Bloomberg.com | By Tom Lavell
Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Europe’s second-largest airline, may resume flights to Baghdad after 20 years as economic-growth prospects boost air-travel demand.
Saturday, 9 January, 2010 , 15:44AP.org
Los Angeles, Jan 9 - Iranian classical singer Shahram Nazeri, dubbed "Iran's Pavarotti," was released after being held overnight for questioning by authorities in Tehran.
Thursday, 3 December, 2009 , 15:28Upi.com
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Dec. 1 (UPI) - Members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party residing in Iraqi refugee camps will not return to Turkey until conditions are satisfactory, representatives said.
Friday, 13 November, 2009 , 11:32Nytimes.com | By JAMES GLANZ and WALTER GIBBS
OSLO — Peter W. Galbraith, an influential former American ambassador, is a powerful voice on Iraq who helped shape the views of policy makers like Joseph R. Biden Jr. and John Kerry. In the summer of 2005, he was also an adviser to the Kurdish regional government as Iraq wrote its Constitution — tough and sensitive talks not least because of issues like how Iraq would divide its vast oil wealth.
Thursday, 15 October, 2009 , 18:04Rudaw.net
ERBIL-Hewlêr, Kurdistan region 'Iraq', — A large number of Kurdish officials, foreign diplomats and Dutch citizens attended the official opening of the Netherlands Consulate in Erbil, capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, on Monday, October 12.
Cnn.com | By Simon Hooper
A play featuring dialogue in Kurdish is to be performed for the first time at a Turkish state theater Thursday in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir.
Thursday, 1 October, 2009 , 16:45Foreignpolicy.com | NICK DANFORTH
Chances of Turkey and the Kurds reaching a rapprochement are at their highest in 25 years. But what does that mean for Turkification -- and what concessions are the Turks willing to make?
