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Sevil Erku? sevil.kucukkosum@hdn.com.tr The governor of Tunceli, an eastern province, distributed white goods to voters using the means of his office to support the election propaganda of the Justice and Development Party (AKP). 

Thousands of Syrians are fleeing their country as many different groups fight with each other to gain a sphere of influence. The Syrian refugee crisis has becoming more and more severe, especially for those who have needed to run from their own country.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry's spokesman has denied allegations of Turkey sending weapons to Syria and allowing the crossing of fighters into the war-torn country.

Stressing that Turkey's position on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) "is clear," spokesperson Tanju Bilgiç said the allegations were "slanderous" and part of a "defamation campaign."

Two Syrian refugee women have caused a stir by dropping a baby girl on the sidewalk before running away, in the southern Turkish province of Adana.

According to a June 10 report by Do?an News Agency, the incident occurred in Adana's Yüre?ir district.

A Mersin court has ruled that four prosecutors and a former army colonel will remain under arrest in a case filed over the stopping of Syria-bound intelligence trucks, after the defendants' attorneys left the court session when the judge refused their demand that the court hear the five defendants' testimonies.

A suspect who was detained on allegations of perpetrating a twin bomb attack on June 5 at a Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) rally in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r was arrested on June 10.

Ten people, including the district head of a political party, have been arrested for sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl in southern Turkey.

The Turkish government maintains security during the June 7 general elections with a total of 404,000 security personnel.

Some 300,000 police officers will be on duty throughout the day, Interior Minister Sebahattin Öztürk said on June 5 in a televised interview, adding that the rest of the personnel will be gendarmerie.

The Turkish government maintains security during the June 7 general elections with a total of 404,000 security personnel.

Some 300,000 police officers will be on duty throughout the day, Interior Minister Sebahattin Öztürk said on June 5 in a televised interview, adding that the rest of the personnel will be gendarmerie.

With only few days until the June 7 parliamentary election, the Turkish government has decided to open new departments of riot police and special operations in several provinces. 

Related decisions by the Council of Ministers were published in the official Gazette on the early morning of June 4 and went into force immediately, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.