Seven members of a Kurdish family were killed Friday in central Turkey by armed assailants who tried to burn their house in what rights activists said was a racist attack.

Seven dead in a 'racist' attack on a Kurdish family in Turkey

Turkey's interior ministry on Monday said that the country's police has detained 718 people across 40 cities over alleged links to outlawed Kurdish militants it blames for executing 13 Turks in northern Iraq.

Turkey detains 718 over alleged Kurdish militant links in Iraq execution

Turkey's population is scared to step out of their houses at night now, as the infamous night-time neighbourhood guard force was granted wider power on Thursday.

Turkey gives additional power to neighbourhood guards; experts oppose

Jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called for Kurdish lawmakers and thousands of prisoners to end their hunger strike in a statement read by one of his lawyers on Sunday, 200 days after one MP launched the protest.

Jailed Kurdish militant leader calls for end to hunger strike