Anadolu Agency

Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into the Do?an Media Group for ?terrorist propaganda? following a widely derided front-page story in pro-government daily Güne?.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has condemned Israeli forces? targeting of Muslim groups inside Jerusalem?s Al-Aqsa mosque compound, pledging to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that Ankara will continue to strive to boost international awareness of the plight of the Palestinians, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

The number of Turkish nationals killed when a crane collapsed on Sept. 11 at a mosque in Mecca teeming with Muslim pilgrims has risen to eight, Turkish authorities said Sept. 13, while Saudi Arabia's King Salman has vowed to find out what caused the incident.

A British citizen has been detained while attempting to cross into Syria from the Turkish border town of Kilis.

The Turkish economy is expected to grow only 3 percent this year, a reduction from the government's target of 4 percent growth, Deputy Prime Minister Cevdet Y?lmaz told Anadolu Agency on Sept. 11.

Turkish authorities intercepted on Wednesday 712 refugees headed for the EU in the northwestern province of Edirne near the border with Bulgaria.

The usual number of refugees intercepted in Edirne on a daily basis is 100-150, but the recent surge in their number was due to the announced plans of EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to relocate 160 000 people.

Turkey?s ambassador to Luxembourg, Levent ?ahinkaya, returned to his office more than four months after being withdrawn in protest of the Luxembourg parliament?s move to recognize the mass killings of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in 1915 as genocide.

A worker has died and five others have been injured in an explosion at a mining site in the Central Anatolian province of Kayseri.

Yusuf Kayg?s?z, 38, died while Ahmet Çiftçi, Yasin Çiftçi, Kandemir Y?ld?r?m, Cezmi Toprak and Hac? Kayg?s?z were injured as they removed tower cranes at an unused chrome mine in Kayseri's P?narba?? district on Sept. 9, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

The second day of anti-terror marches protesting the deadly attacks conducted by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on Turkish security officials resulted in violence across the country.

Ultranationalist protesters attacked on Tuesday the headquarters of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in Ankara and local offices across the country.

A massive military operation after a deadly terrorist attack that killed 16 troops on Sept. 6 resulted in the deaths of around 100 Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants, the Anadolu Agency reported on Sept. 9, citing military sources.