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Dozens injured in road accident in Turkey's Diyarbakir

Dozens injured in road accident in Turkey's Diyarbakir

A tourist bus has overturned in Turkey’s Diyarbakir Province, the Turkish media reported. According to preliminary reports, 23 passengers, including women and children, were injured. Two of them are in …

Monument to Atatürk attacked in Turkey

Monument to Atatürk attacked in Turkey

A statue depicting a five-year-old girl, modeled in memory of Ayten Alper who was photographed in 1931 handing flowers to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk has been attacked by unidentified assailants in the Turkish province of …

 Attack on military base in Turkey’s Diyarbakır foiled

Attack on military base in Turkey’s Diyarbakır foiled

Turkish soldiers foiled a potential car bomb attack by a civilian shuttle loaded with explosive materials at an air base in the Bağlar district of the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, Anadolu Agency reported. Soldiers at the …

Turkey's Diyarbakir blast was terrorist attack - media

Turkey's Diyarbakir blast was terrorist attack - media

An explosion at a police compound in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir was the result of a terrorist attack, the country's Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said. "It turned out that the explosion was the result of …

 Powerful explosion hits Turkey's Diyarbakir - media

Powerful explosion hits Turkey's Diyarbakir - media

An explosion in a police compound in Turkey's southeastern city of Diyarbakir wounded several people, the Dogan news agency reported. A police source said the explosion appeared to have taken place in a vehicle repair section of the …

 PKK releases footage of attack against Turkish security forces

PKK releases footage of attack against Turkish security forces

The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) released a footage of two sabotage actions carried out in the east of the country against the Turkish army and law enforcers. Earlier, there were no official reports of these attacks. According to …

Erdogan: Turkey is guardian of peace and freedom

Erdogan: Turkey is guardian of peace and freedom

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan believes that Turkey is the guardian of peace and freedom. He made this statement in the city of Diyarbakir during a trip in support of the constitutional reform, which expands …

Two soldiers killed in Turkey's Mardin

Two soldiers killed in Turkey's Mardin

Two Turkish soldiers were killed in a bomb explosion this morning in Mardin, southeast Turkey, the Dogan News Agency reported. Suspected Kurdish rebels on Wednesday detonated explosives on a highway on a highway linking the cities of …

Freight train in Turkey attacked by rebels

Freight train in Turkey attacked by rebels

Kurdish rebels bombed railway tracks as a freight train was passing by, derailing several carriages, Turkey's state-run news agency Anadolu Agency reports, noting that no one was hurt in the attack. The explosion occurred …

Turkish warplane crashes near southeastern city of Diyarbakir

Turkish warplane crashes near southeastern city of Diyarbakir

A Turkish fighter jet on a training mission crashed on its final approach to an airport in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir on Monday, Turkey's military said on Monday, noting that the pilot had ejected from the plane and was unharmed, …

PKK conducts vehicle bomb attack in southeast Turkey

PKK conducts vehicle bomb attack in southeast Turkey

Members of the PKK terrorist group detonated a vehicle bomb early Saturday in front of a gendarmerie station in southeastern Diyarbakir province, a security source said, Anadolu reports. No causalities were reported in the Hazro …

BBC, Voice of America reporters detained in Turkey

BBC, Voice of America reporters detained in Turkey

BBC Turkish correspondent Hatice Kamer was detained Saturday in the town of Sirvan while covering a recent copper mine collapse that killed at least 11 workers, the broadcaster said. Voice of America said its …