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2 Turkish soldiers killed in clash with PKK in SE Turkey

May 3, 2020

Two Turkish soldiers were killed in a clash with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the southeastern Turkish province of Bitlis, according to a statement...

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5 Syrian workers killed in fire at Ankara factory

January 17, 2019

Five Syrian workers died in a fire that broke out in a factory in the Altındağ district of Ankara on Wednesday, according to a...

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Turkish university lecturer killed by law student caught cheating on exam

January 3, 2019

A research assistant at an Ankara university was killed on Wednesday by a disgruntled student after she caught him cheating in an exam, the...

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Police officer receives shorter sentence in retrial of Gezi protest death case

November 19, 2018

A Turkish court on Monday handed down a lesser sentence than was ordered in previous proceedings in the retrial of a police officer who...

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Report: 41 women killed in domestic violence in Turkey in August

September 5, 2018

A report released by the Stop the Murder of Women Platform shows that 41 women in Turkey were victims of fatal domestic violence in...

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Video footage shows elderly woman crushed to death by military vehicle in Diyarbakır

May 29, 2018

Recently released security camera footage shows how an 85-year-old woman was crushed to death by an armored military vehicle on a road closed to...

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[UPDATE] 8 new Turkish fatalities reported in Afrin operation

March 1, 2018

Eight Turkish soldiers were killed and 13 wounded in clashes with the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia in the Afrin region of Syria, the...

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Armored police vehicle rams into house in Silopi, killing 2 children

May 4, 2017

An armored police vehicle rammed into a house in the Silopi district of southeastern Şırnak province late on Wednesday, causing the death of two...

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2 Turkish soldiers killed in attack in Syria’s al-Bab

December 7, 2016

Two Turkish soldiers died and another sustained critical injuries on Wednesday in a car bomb attack in Syria’s al-Bab region during Turkey's Operation Euphrates...

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1 police officer killed during HDP protests in Adana

November 6, 2016

A police officer died from gunshot wounds sustained during protests in Adana province on Sunday that were sparked by the arrest of pro-Kurdish Peoples’...

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