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Turkey angered by Syrian declaration vowing to ‘take back’ border province of Hatay
The Turkish government has been angered by a declaration recently issued by the People's Assembly of Syria, the country’s legislative body, which said Liwa...
Turkey detains Russian ISIL suspect at Syria border
Turkish border guards have detained five Russians, including a woman suspected of membership in the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and...
Turkish bar association president briefly detained after ‘resisting police’ at restaurant
Ekrem Dönmez, head of the Hatay Bar Association, was briefly detained by the police while dining with his family at a restaurant on Wednesday...
Turkish man dies after setting himself on fire due to financial problems
Adem Yarıcı, a father of two, set himself on fire in
front of the governor’s office of Turkey’s Hatay province, shouting, “My kids
are hungry,” and...
More than a hundred graves vandalized in Turkey’s south
Over
a hundred graves were vandalized and spray painted with threatening messages on
Wednesday night in the Reyhanlı district of Hatay province in southern Turkey, the
Sol...
Funeral for Syrian rebel icon sparks controversy among Turkish opposition
A funeral held in Turkey’s Hatay province for Syrian
rebel icon Abdel Basset al-Sarout, 27, sparked criticism from the Turkish
opposition, which accuses the former Syrian...
Syrian FM vows to liberate İskenderun from Turkey
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem has said his country will regain governance of the now Turkish-controlled Iskenderun province, also known as Hatay, the menafn...
Some 47,000 Syrian refugees in Turkey head home for Eid al-Adha
As many as 47,000 Syrians have left Turkey to celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha with their relatives in Syria.Some of the Syrians...
Turkey sentences YPG militant captured during Afrin offensive to aggravated life
The Hatay 2nd High Criminal court has sentenced Muhammed Mahmud Derviş, 22, a Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militant who was captured by Turkish...
4 ISIL suspects detained, 1 killed by Turkish security forces in Hatay
Turkish security forces detained four suspects with links to the terrorist Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and killed another in Turkey's...
50 detained in Hatay province over ByLock use
Turkish police teams on Thursday detained 50 individuals in Hatay province on allegations of use of a smart phone application known as ByLock.Fifty people,...
Turkish military says YPG attacked 2 military outposts at Syrian border
The People’s Protection Units (YPG) has carried out a mortar attack targeting two Turkish military outposts in the southern province of Hatay at the...