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Three police officers killed in Sirnak

Three police officers killed in Sirnak

Three police officers were killed in a PKK terrorist attack in Turkey’s southeastern province of Sirnak near Silopi. The attack left another four police officers wounded when an armored vehicle was blown up. The three officers …

Curfew in Diyarbakir

Curfew in Diyarbakir

A curfew has been imposed in the Turkish province of Diyarbakir. This decision was taken by the authorities in the region when it turned out that a terrorist killed during a shootout in …

PKK terrorists kill ambulance driver

PKK terrorists kill ambulance driver

According to Minister of Health Mehmet Muezzinoglu, terrorists of the banned PKK organization have captured a driver of an ambulance car and killed him in the Turkish province of Sirnak. …

Turkish army attacked by PKK in southeastern Turkey

Turkish army attacked by PKK in southeastern Turkey

Militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have attacked the Turkish army in Turkey’s Sirnak province. Two soldiers were killed and nine were injured, the General Staff of Turkey said. "The security operations, …

Curfew lifted in Cizre, 32 PKK militants killed

Curfew lifted in Cizre, 32 PKK militants killed

A curfew, declared in the southeastern province of Sirnak’s Cizre district on September 13th, has been lifted, the Governorate of the province said. The curfew was introduced there on September 4th by the head of the Interior …

Two policemen die in terrorist attack in Turkey

Two policemen die in terrorist attack in Turkey

A car blew up at one of the roadblocks  situated in the south-eastern province of Sirnak in Turkey. The explosion resulted in two policemen being killed and five being injured. The Turkish Air Force made an air strike on …

 Turkey deploying military equipment to its Syrian border

Turkey deploying military equipment to its Syrian border

Turkey is deploying military equipment to the country’s province of Sirnak, which borders with Syria. Earlier, the Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Turkey will continue fighting the Islamic State terrorist …

Bus driver dies in roadside bombing in Turkey

Bus driver dies in roadside bombing in Turkey

A bus driver has been killed in a roadside explosion in Turkey's Sirnak province, close to the Syrian and Iraqi border, when the bus he was driving hit  a mine. Members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) are being blamed by the …

Yildiz: gas pipeline in Kars blown up by PKK members

Yildiz: gas pipeline in Kars blown up by PKK members

The explosion on the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum gas pipeline in Turkey’s Kars province was a terrorist attack by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Turkey’s energy and natural resources minister, Taner Yildiz, said. …

Gas pipeline explodes in Turkey

Gas pipeline explodes in Turkey

An explosion occurred on the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum gas pipeline’s section in Turkey’s Kars province. The cause of the explosion is yet to be announced. Gas supply through the pipeline has been suspended, TASS reports. …

Operation against PKK extremists takes place in Shirak

Operation against PKK extremists takes place in Shirak

Police are conducting a major operation against the youth wing of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the south-eastern Turkish province of Sirnak, bordering Iraq and Syria. According to local television, SWAT teams of police ...

Oil pipeline blown up in southeastern Turkey

Oil pipeline blown up in southeastern Turkey

The Kirkuk-Yumurtalik oil pipeline was blown up in Turkey’s Sirnak province, Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Taner Yildiz, said. According to the minister, oil transportation from Iraq to Turkey was …