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Second soldier killed in same location

In an ongoing operation being conducted in the rural region of Hakkâri's Şemdinli district, news has surfaced of two soldiers killed within two days by land-mine explosions.
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Soldier killed in explosion in Şemdinli

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A soldier was killed in the line of duty as a result of a land-mine explosion in Şemdinli County, located in the southeastern province of Hakkari....
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A shaky night in eastern Turkey

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A 6.0 magnitude earthquake rattled Elazığ at 04:32 am: 57 people dead, 71 wounded....
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Ankara responds harshly to awkward voting results

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The Turkish public watched in anticipation as the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee voted on the ‘Armenian Genocide’ resolution on live broadcast. Yes: 23 No: 22...
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Latest update on the Armenian resolution

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All eyes in Turkey are on today’s voting in the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on a resolution which would recognize the deaths suffered by Armenians in 1915 as “genocide.”...
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SABAH receives the Çetin Emeç award

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SABAH newspaper’s Special Intelligence Director Abdurrahman Şımşek has been awarded Turkey’s Newspaper Association’s Çetin Emeç award....
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Two earthquakes within sixteen minutes in Simav

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In the Simav district of Kütahya, two earthquakes of 4.4 and 4.2 magnitude took place within sixteen minutes. ...
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Earthquake in the Aegean

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An earthquake took place in the Aegean Sea in the early morning hours measuring 3.2 on the Richter scale....
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Three commanders released

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Former military Commanders General Fırtına, General Örnek and General Saygun testified regarding the ‘Balyoz coup plan’ and were later released by prosecutors....
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Generals under arrest

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The second day of the ‘Sledgehammer’ case: Active-duty generals Balabanli, Memiş and five active-duty colonels and six retired officers, two of which were generals have all been arrested....
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Five admirals arrested

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Five admirals, two of which were on active-duty and three which were retired as well as two retired colonels have been arrested for attempting to topple the government in power and for being members of an illegal organization. Meanwhile, six of the detainees, including retired Admiral Lütfi Sancar were released by the court....
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An explosion in a coal mine in Balıkesir leaves 13 dead

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A coal mine collapse took place last night in the same location as a deadly explosion that took place four years ago. Out of the 46 workers trapped in the collapse, 13 have lost their lives; four are still in critical condition while two are still in life-threatening status....
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A hammer to coup plans

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Forty-five military members, including two former commanders, have been arrested in connection to the ‘Balyoz Plan’ (Sledgehammer Plan), which allegedly involves intentions of toppling the AK Party government....
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A fifty million dollar hit

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It turns out a betting rigging organization, recently brought down in Turkey, was acquiring 50 million dollars in profit a year....
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Earthquake panic in the capital

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Temporary panic was experienced in Ankara’s Akyurt and Elmadağ districts after 4.1 and 3.0 earthquakes rocked the capital....
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Envelope with bullets left at government headquarters

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After 11th High Criminal Court Judge Kadir Kayan and Special Authority Prosecutor Mustafa Bilgili, who were investigating allegations of an assassination plan on Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç, both received envelopes containing eight bullets each, a similar threat has now been delivered to the Justice and Development Party Headquarters. ...
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The architect of the Doha crisis is a familiar name

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The US Ambassador LeBaron, who was responsible for attempting to interrupt a meeting between Erdoğan and Clinton, had previously spent six years assigned to Turkey....
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US ambassador crisis in Qatar

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US Ambassador to Doha LeBaron was stopped by Turkish Ambassador Tanlay when he attempted to cut an Erdoğan-Clinton meeting short. Both ambassadors were at each others’ throats when officials had to separate them....
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Ten million lira cyber fraud

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A criminal organization, responsible for copying 15,000 credit cards and stealing ten million liras, has been apprehended. Out of 48 individuals detained, 34 have been arrested....
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Virtual hit on Hrant

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The Agos website, the leading Armenian newspaper in Turkey in which Hrant Dink was editor-in-chief at the time of his murder, was victim to an attack by hackers. ...
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