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Turkey continued its strikes on outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq and the People's Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria for a second day on April 26, while also responding to criticism from the United States. 

The Turkish Armed Forces said it hit PKK targets in the northern Iraqi region of Zap on April 26, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

Syrian Democratic Union Party (PYD) has fired mortars on two military posts in the border province of Hatay, the military said April 26. 

The Turkish Armed Forces said there were no casualties and that it had retaliated to the attack.

A total of 66 militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have been "neutralized" in security operations in one week, the Turkish Interior Ministry announced on April 24. 

According to the ministry, 53 militants were killed, eight surrendered and five were captured alive in some 321 ground and air operations carried out between April 17 and 24. 

Italy on April 19 called on Turkey to release a journalist arrested this month near the Syrian border while he was researching refugees.

One of the prosecutors in a controversial case into trucks belonging to the National Intelligence Agency (MİT) case was detained in Istanbul on April 17, Doğan News Agency has reported. 

3:40 p.m. - Supreme Election Board (YSK) head Sadi Güven said in a statement that seals featuring the word "yes" instead of "choice" would be counted as valid. 

He also stated that ballot papers on which YSK seals were applied to the front instead of the back would also be deemed valid. 

Syrian refugees in the southern province of Hatay are struggling to continue their lives on the side of the roads, as they have spent all of their money in attempting to cross illegally into Turkey. 

The refugees in the Kırıkhan district of Hatay have now formed their own tent city and wish to obtain temporary IDs. 

The Ankara Chief Prosecutor's Office on April 13 demanded 15 years in jail for the former prosecutor of a controversial National Intelligence Agency (MİT) trucks case on charges of "membership to a terrorist organization," state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Karsu Dönmez, a Dutch-born Turkish artist who gained fame after being discovered at her family's restaurant in the Netherlands, is now a popular singer in the country. 

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he welcomes the US strike on Syria, but believes it isn't sufficient. He has also called for a no-fly zone to be set up over Syria.