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Dörtyol closed to BDP convoy

After the recent incident in Hatay’s Dörtyol, a convoy of Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) members which took off from Diyarbakir, were stopped on the highway at 20-kilometers distance from their Dörtyol destination. After speaking to the authorities, the BDP members were forced to turn back.

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'Turkey Rises'

Turkey is this week’s edition’s focus of the worldwide well-known Newsweek magazine with the cover ‘Turkey Rising.’...

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Somali pirates release Turkish ship

Somali pirates have released the Turkish cargo ship Frigia four months after the vessel was hijacked and all 21 crew are safe and healthy, a lawyer for the ship's operator said on Thursday....

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The EU will be poor without Turkey

English Prime Minister David Cameron stated that a Europe without Turkey will be weaker, less secure and further impoverished, thereby offering his full support for Turkey’s EU bid. During his trip to Ankara, Cameron discussed issues including Iran, Gaza and the Cyprus issue with Premier Erdoğan....

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Passenger jet crashes in Pakistan, 152 on board

A commercial Pakistani passenger plane with 152 people on board crashed in bad weather in hills near the capital, Islamabad, on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people, officials said. ...

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Operation on identity theft in five provinces

Fifteen members of a criminal organization, including three women, which stole the personal information of 70 million individuals, including address and telephone numbers which they proceeded to sell to legal firms, have been apprehended....

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Mine explosion hurts further soldiers

A mine was detonated along the side of the road of the Osmaniye-Hasanbeyli district highway, wounding four soldiers who were passing in a military vehicle while on patrol in the region....

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Assailants kill four police in southeast Turkey

Gunmen killed four Turkish police officers Monday after opening fire on their police station in Dortyol, in the south eastern province of Hatay, state-run news agency Anatolian reported....

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Mine explosions in Lice and Şırnak

Six soldiers were wounded in the explosion of a mine placed on the road by PKK terrorist organization members in the Lice district of the southeastern province Diyarbakır....

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Mine detonated in Ağrı

A mine exploded just as a military vehicle was passing in the Doğubayazıt province of Ağrı. According to initial findings, six security force members have been wounded....

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Israel to return impounded Gaza aid ships to Turkey

Israel will return the Turkish aid ships on which its troops killed nine activists trying to reach blockaded Gaza, officials said on Friday, in what appeared to be a new bid to repair bilateral ties. ...

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PKK leader Toğuç detained in Italy

After suffering significant losses in operations staged by Turkey, Syria and Iran, it appears the PKK has just been dealt another big blow, this time by Italy....

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Muğla is rocking like a cradle

For the past two days, the Muğla province has been practically rocking back and forth like a cradle. With most passing unfelt, over the past 32 hours, nine earthquakes have rattled Muğla....

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Kurdish rebels kill seven Turkish soldiers

Kurdish rebels killed six Turkish soldiers in a night attack close to the border with Iraq, military officials said on Tuesday. ...

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Ongoing operations in Hakkari

According to initial figures released, six soldiers have been killed in action during live combat with PKK terrorist members in Hakkari's Çukurca district....

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Eleven Turkish soliders wounded in blast

Eleven Turkish soldiers were wounded on Monday when an explosion struck their vehicle in southeast Turkey, military sources told Reuters. ...

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Conflict in Siirt

Live combat is currently ongoing between security forces and a group of terrorists which attacked a Police Department and Gendarmerie command in the Pervari province of Siirt....

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Turk police detain 29 Islamist militant suspects

Turkish police detained 29 suspected Islamist militants with possible links to al Qaeda in dawn raids carried out across Turkey on Friday, police and counter-terrorist officials said. ...

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Two workers killed in illegal mine

Two workers were killed and one is still in intensive care from carbon monoxide poisoning in an illegal mine in the Gelde district located within the northern province of Zonguldak....

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Explosion kills Turkish soldier in eastern province

An explosive device killed one Turkish soldier and wounded another when it exploded in the mountains close to Yalinca village in the eastern province of Van, state-run news agency Anatolia reported on Thursday. ...

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