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Four PKK militants killed in Turkey's southeast
Four outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants were killed on Feb. 5 during clashes following an armed attack targeting a security directorate building in the southeastern province of ??rnak.
PKK militants opened fire on the ??rnak Security General Directorate's service building in the Bahçelievler neighborhood with long-barreled weapons.
Terror suspects detained in new Istanbul raids
Turkish security forces staged simultaneous anti-terror operations in Istanbul early on Feb. 5, police sources have said.
The anti-terror branch of the Istanbul Police Department carried out dawn raids at 10 different addresses in the Esenyurt district on Istanbul's European side.
Police have yet to release the exact number of suspects detained.
Actress acquitted of insulting Turkish president
A Turkish actress has been acquitted of insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an on Twitter, daily Hürriyet has reported when Erdo?an was Turkey's prime minister two years ago.
Gonca Vuslateri was tried over a tweet posted in 2013 when Erdo?an was prime minister, but was acquitted of "insulting" after a court on Feb. 2 dropped the charges.
Bulgarian MPs Approve Participation of Allied Aircraft in Joint Air Policing Missions
The Bulgarian parliament approved on Friday amendments to the Defence and Armed Forces Act allowing the participation of allied countries in missions on guarding the country's airspace.
A total of 96 MPs voted in favour of the joint air policing missions, 34 were against, while thirteen lawmakers abstained.