Karlsruhe, Germany - A woman and two men have been arrested on suspicion of supporting a terrorist organization dedicated to overthrowing the Turkish state, German prosecutors said Thursday.

The three Turks are accused of supplying funds and money to the the terrorist wing of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP-C).

They are also believed to be high-ranking functionaries of the DHKP-C, which has been blamed for suicide killings as well as firebomb attacks and explosions that have claimed many lives.

Ankara - An explosion in south-eastern Turkey late Wednesday night destroyed parts of a pipeline carrying oil from the Iraqi city of Kirkuk to the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhun, the Anadolu

Ankara - The mayor of the south-eastern Turkish town of Batman on

Brussels - Turkey has proven itself to be a reliable international partner and a key energy transit route, but it must work harder on political and human-rights reforms if it wants to join the European Union, the EU's executive said Wednesday.

Brussels - Turkey has proven itself to be a reliable international partner and a key energy transit route, but it must work harder on political and human-rights reforms if it wants to join the European Union, the EU's executive said Wednesday.

Ankara - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday congratulated president-elect Barrack Obama and said that he hoped the next president of the United States will do more for international peace.

Speaking in Ankara, Erdogan said the United States had a "heavy burden to carry" and that he hoped Obama would do more to bring peace to the Middle East. He said that the election put an end to discussions that there was a black-white divide in US politics, noting that many white people voted for Obama.