A Turkish court on Tuesday ordered the temporary closure of a newspaper accused of links with Kurdish militants and spreading terrorist propaganda. The court in Istanbul accused the pro-Kurdish Ozgur Gundem of "acting as the de facto news outlet" for the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), state-run news agency Anadolu said. A Turkish official confirmed the court order. The PKK - considered a terrorist group by Turkey, the European Union and the United States - has waged an insurgency in the south-east since 1984. More than 40,000 people have been killed since it first took up arms.