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Ahmet Türk, the ousted co-mayor of the southeastern province of Mardin, has paid a visit to former leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), Deniz Baykal, in Ankara. 

Türk visited Baykal, who is currently a CHP lawmaker from the southern province of Antalya, to express appreciation for the latter's visit to his family during his arrest.  

The government-supported constitutional amendment will concentrate power in one pair of hands "to avoid strife," President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, appealing to voters from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) as the referendum campaign gathered momentum. 

The ousted mayor of the southeastern province of Mardin, Ahmet Türk, who was released from prison on Feb. 3, has said he was treated well by the soldiers escorting him to a hospital in the eastern province of Elazığ. 

The ousted and jailed co-mayor of the southeastern province of Mardin, Ahmet Türk, has been released from prison after a Mardin Criminal Court of Peace received an application against his arrest. 

The ousted mayor of the southeastern province of Mardin, Ahmet Türk, was released on Feb. 3, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Earlier, the Istanbul Forensics Medical Institute on Feb. 3 had issued its report on the health of Türk, stating that he can remain arrested. 

Footage of Ahmet Türk, the ousted and jailed mayor of the southeastern province of Mardin, being brought to hospital in the eastern province of Elazığ has stirred debate among social media users and politicians due to accusations he was restrained in handcuffs despite his severe health condition. 

Four lawmakers from the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) were detained on Jan. 25, including Diyarbakır MP İmam Taşçıer, Sanlıurfa MP Osman Baydemir, Iğdır MP Mehmet Emin Adıyaman and Muş MP Ahmet Yıldırım.

A dog cared for by police officer Fethi Sekin, who was described as a hero after preventing a larger-scale attack outside an İzmir courthouse on Jan. 5, has continued to wait at the spot where he lost his life in the assault.

Two soldiers have been killed in clashes with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the eastern province of Tunceli. 

Clashes erupted in the Aliboğazı region, resulting in injuries to two soldiers. The wounded soldiers were taken to the neighboring province of Elazığ for treatment, where both succumbed to their injuries. 

The Youth and Sports Ministry has organized a series of events that will bring together prisoners and veteran Turkish footballers.