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Dozen PKK militants killed as Turkish jets hit SE Turkey, N Iraq
Jul 08, 2016 17:40At least a dozen members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have been killed after Turkish military aircraft carried out a series of airstrikes in the rural areas of the country’s southeastern province of Hakkari and Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
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Erdogan calls on NATO to do more in fighting terrorism
Jul 08, 2016 17:35Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says NATO has to do more in fighting terrorism days after a terror attack blamed on Daesh killed 45 people at Istanbul’s main airport.
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Turkish warplanes bomb PKK bases in southeast: Report
Jul 07, 2016 16:00Turkish warplanes have reportedly carried out fresh air raids on positions of the militants belonging to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the southeastern province of Sirnak.
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Separate PKK attacks leave six Turkish soldiers dead
Jun 24, 2016 14:53At least six Turkish soldiers have lost their lives when members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) launched two separate attacks against government forces in the southeastern provinces of Hakkari and Mardin.
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Opposition warns of 'ethnic civil war' in Turkey
Jun 14, 2016 17:07The leader of a Turkish opposition party has warned of an “ethnic civil war” in the country as a result of growing divisions between Kurds and Turks.
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Turkey: No cooperation with 'terrorists' in Syria
Jun 14, 2016 13:37Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says Turkey will not allow cooperation with terrorist organizations in Syria, referring to Kurdish groups which the US supports.
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Car bomb rocks eastern Turkish town, nine injured
Jun 13, 2016 15:05A car bomb explosion has hit the Turkish town of Ovacik in the eastern province of Tunceli, injuring several people.
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Turkish warplanes kill 13 PKK militants in southeast
Jun 11, 2016 16:53Turkish warplanes have conducted fresh airstrikes against the positions of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), killing 13 militants of the group in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir.
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Bomb blast kills at least 11 in Istanbul
Jun 07, 2016 09:22A bomb blast has rocked the central Istanbul district of Vezneciler near a bus stop, killing at least 11 people and leaving 36 others injured.
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Turkey announces curfew in rural areas near southeastern Diyarbakir
Jun 04, 2016 19:38Turkey has declared a round-the-clock curfew in rural areas near the southeastern city of Diyarbakir ahead of a planned military operation against Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants.