Turkish officials say Kurdish militants attacked five military outposts in eastern Turkey in the past 24 hours.

Prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu has rejected accusations that Turkey previously tacitly supported Islamic State (IS) militants operating from Syria and unwittingly opened the door to a suicide bombing that killed at least 32 people.

President Tayyip Erdogan sought a crushing victory for his vision of a “new Turkey” at elections yesterday that would furnish him with sweeping executive powers opponents say could undermine democracy.

Turkey’s president said Kobani was "about to fall" after Islamic State fighters advanced into the south west of the Syrian Kurdish town, pressing home a three-week assault that has cost a reported 400 lives.

Three women have been shot dead at a Kurdish centre in Paris, police said, in what the French interior minister called an “execution”.

A car bomb aimed at the Turkish military killed five people and wounded 68 - including 30 troops – in the Kurdish-dominated Turkish city of Diyarbakir.

A car bomb aimed at the Turkish military killed four people and wounded up to 70 more in the Kurdish-dominated Turkish city of Diyarbakir today.

TURKISH jet fighters bombed Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq early yesterday, Turkey’s military said, marking an escalation of force against the outlawed separatist group. An Iraqi official said the planes attacked several villages, killing one woman.

Kurdish rebels detonated a roadside bomb in Turkey today as two minibuses carrying army personnel passed, injuring 12 soldiers, reports claim.

THE Pentagon said yesterday it is working with Turkey to resolve a “serious problem” posed by the separatist Kurdistan Workers’ Party, but declined to comment on a media report of secret plans to stop rebel violence.

Turkey could stage an incursion into northern Iraq if talks fail to produce effective measures against Kurdish guerrillas, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned.

Turkey has massed 140,000 soldiers on its border with northern Iraq but so far there have been no violations, Iraq’s foreign minister said today.

Turkey has sent large contingents of soldiers, tanks and armoured personnel carriers to reinforce its border with Iraq amid a heated debate over whether to stage a cross-border offensive to hit Kurdish rebel bases.

Turkish troops killed two Kurdish rebels in a clash in a rural area in south-eastern Turkey, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported today.

A heating boiler explosion today knocked down part of a five-storey building that houses military families in Diyarbakir, the largest city in south-east Turkey, the governor’s office said. At least three people were injured.

AN imprisoned Kurdish rebel leader called on his guerrilla fighters to declare a new ceasefire as rebel attacks targeting civilians and foreign tourists have drawn global criticism.

After a rash of bombings, a Kurdish militant group has warned that it will turn Turkey "into hell", and urged tourists to avoid travelling to the country, in what appeared to be a trend in the Kurdish guerrilla war against the Turkish state – bombings against “soft targets”.

An explosion in the centre of one of Turkey’s most popular tourist resorts killed three people and injured at least 20 others today – less than a day after bomb attacks struck another tourist centre and an Istanbul neighbourhood.

Turkey’s military and civilian leaders held an emergency meeting today to discuss escalating attacks by Kurdish guerrillas.

Turkey has deployed more than 30,000 additional troops in its predominantly Kurdish south-east and along its rugged border with Iraq and Iran to fight Kurdish guerrillas and stop them from infiltrating across the Iraqi border.

The war on terror will continue long after Iraq and Afghanistan are stable, Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, told military officials from around the world today.

A bomb set off by suspected Kurdish guerrillas killed three people and injured 18 others today in Turkey’s Kurdish-dominated south-east.

A bomb set off by suspected Kurdish guerrillas killed three people and injured 14 others today in Turkey’s Kurdish-dominated south-east as militants intensified their fight for autonomy in the region.

A bomb exploded outside an Istanbul supermarket today, injuring at least 12 people, officials and media reports said.

A bomb exploded at an internet café near a police station in Istanbul today, wounding 14 people, police chief said.

Masked gunmen killed two people in separate attacks today on election headquarters and a Kurdish political party office in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.

Armoured police cars were guarding government offices and authorities were distributing bread in a south-eastern Turkish town today, after a violent Kurdish riot left at least three people dead and 16 injured.

Kurdish rebels ambushed a Turkish commando unit overnight, killing four soldiers in south-eastern Turkey, officials said today.

KURDISH rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan did not receive a fair trial in Turkey, Europe's top human rights court ruled yesterday in a decision that will put pressure on Ankara as it prepares for membership negotiations with the EU.

Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan did not receive a fair trial in Turkey, Europe’s top human rights court ruled today in a decision that will put pressure on Ankara as it prepares for membership negotiations with the European Union.

Police stormed Istanbul’s main court house today and captured about two dozen Kurds, who had raided the building and taken hostages to press demands for the release of imprisoned Kurdish rebel chief Abdullah Ocalan.

About two dozen Kurds raided Istanbul’s main court house today, calling for the release of imprisoned Kurdish rebel chief Abdullah Ocalan.

AN American military policeman was killed yesterday as a top American general met local leaders in Iraq’s most dangerous region to tell them attacks must stop.

Turkish troops have killed four Kurdish rebels in clashes in eastern Turkey, an official statement said today.

Seven people were killed and two injured when a pick-up truck hit a land mine in northern Iraq.