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A captain who fell from a rocky area on a mountain while taking part in land search efforts in the southern province of Hatay on May 9 has died. 

Gendarmerie Captain R?za F?rat, 31, was heavily wounded when he fell from the rocks in the Nur Mountains and was taken to hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. 

A Turkish court is expected to announce its ruling in the controversial trial of Turkish journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül during a fourth hearing on May 6. 

Seven people were killed in a fire that broke out in a hut in the southeastern province of Gaziantep early May 6. Six siblings, aged between two and 15 and their 70-year-old father, Mehmet Emin Bak?r, were killed in the fire that broke out around 3:30 a.m. The children's 56-year-old mother, Naciye Bak?r, survived.

Halkbank will delay the repayment of low-rated loan debts for businesses in terror-hit southeastern provinces for one year, according to a cabinet decision that was released in the Official Gazette on May 5. 

The U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) continued to fire on ISIL targets in Syria's north on May 2 as Turkish artillery also hit jihadist targets.

Four MQ-1 drones took off from the ?ncirlik Air Base in the southern province of Adana, from where they flew to northern Syria to strike ISIL targets under the campaign of the anti-ISIL coalition. 

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets in Syria's north were hit by armed drones belonging to the U.S.-led coalition on May 2.

Four MQ-1 modelled drones took off from the ?ncirlik Air Base in the southern province of Adana. 

A man hit by a water cannon security vehicle (TOMA) died in Istanbul's Beyo?lu district on May 1, Do?an News Agency reported.

The 57-year-old Nail Mavu? was hit by a TOMA while crossing the street in the Tarlaba?? area of Beyo?lu, near Taksim Square.  

The heavily wounded Mavu? was taken to a hospital in Istanbul's ?i?li district, where he succumbed to his wounds. 

A second lawsuit has been filed against a teacher in the Ere?li district of the Central Anatolian province of Konya, after he was sentenced on April 20 to 508 years and three months in jail on charges of sexually assaulting 10 school children in the Central Anatolian province of Karaman.

Six workers were hospitalized due to gas poisoning in a coal mine that belongs to Demir Export in the western Turkish province of Manisa's Soma district early on April 26. 

An investigation has been launched into 4,900 teachers who participated in a work stoppage action in December 2015 in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r, where clashes between the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and Turkish security forces have continued for months.