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Turkey's top court declares secrecy for hearings in case of Syria-bound intel trucks

The Supreme Court of Appeals has declared ?secrecy? for all hearings in a case against the four prosecutors who ordered the stopping and searching of Syria-bound intelligence trucks in January 2014 and a staff colonel involved in the incident. The five being tried in the case are charged with attempting to topple the government.

'Abluka' wins big at Golden Boll

The 22nd Golden Boll Film Festival, organized in the southern Turkish province of Adana, ended on Sept. 19. The Best Film Award of the festival went to Emin Alper?s ?Abluka? (Frenzy). 

The film also won the Best Director of Arts Award, Best Fiction, the Promising Actor Award and the Adana Audience Award. 

Coalition air forces bomb ISIL on Turkey-Syria border

Coalition forces have launched an air operation on targets of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) across the border from Turkey's Kilis province in Syria.

Aircraft from U.S.-led coalition forces bombed ISIL targets in the Bab and Rai regions in northern Syria, at a distance of 10 kilometers from Kilis early on Sep. 14.

Funeral ceremonies held for 15 police officers recently killed by PKK

Funeral ceremonies have been held in several provinces for 15 security personnel killed in multiple attacks carried out by outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants, with a funeral in the capital of Ankara attended by several government officials and political party leaders.

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