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Local jumping on stage during Erdoğan’s speech in Turkey’s Şırnak causes panic
A local man jumping on stage during President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s speech in the southeastern province of Şırnak has caused panic on Dec. 24.
PKK detonates explosive, kills Turkish soldier
One soldier was killed during a counterterrorism operation against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the southeastern Turkish province of Şırnak, a military official stated on Dec. 11.
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Seven PKK militants killed in Turkey's southeast
Aslı Özkaya, codenamed “Aze Malazgirt,” and Rahmi Ayhan, codenamed “Herekol Heset,” were killed in the Şırnak province’s Bestler-Dereler region, the Turkish General Staff said in a statement on Nov. 17
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PM Yıldırım visits troops in Turkey’s Şırnak
Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Nov. 17 paid a visit to soldiers stationed at a military base in the southeastern province of Şırnak, Doğan News Agency reported.
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Loup Bureau, French journalist freed from Turkey, arrives home
French reporter Loup Bureau, who had been held on "terror" charges in Turkey in a case that sparked tensions between Ankara and France, arrived in Paris on Sept. 17 after being freed.
Bureau, 27, arrived onboard an Air France jet at Charles de Gaulle Airport on a flight from Istanbul, the campaign group Reporters without Borders (RSF) said in a tweet.
Man from Turkey's southeast sings 'Rockabye' with Brit singer Anne Marie on stage
A man from Turkey's Cizre district in the southeastern province of Şırnak shared the stage with British singer Anne Marie to sing along to her famous song "Rockabye" in Istanbul late on Sept. 9.
70,000 buildings to replace ones destroyed by terror in Turkey's southeast: Minister
Ongoing reconstruction of buildings in Turkey's terror-stricken southeastern region is planned to be finished within the next six months, Environment and Urbanization Minister Mehmet Özhaseki said on Sept. 6.
Top court denies appeal of former HDP lawmakers
The Constitutional Court has denied the individual applications of two former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmakers appealing for the reversal of a parliamentary ruling that removed their status as MPs.
The general assembly of the Constitutional Court unanimously rejected the individual application of Faysal Sarıyıldız and Tuğba Hezer on Sept. 7.
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Pregnant woman dies as no medical specialist left at hospital in Turkey's southeast
An eight-month pregnant woman has died after no doctors could be found at a hospital in the Cizre district of the southeastern province of Şırnak.
Peyruze Pulat, 31, who was hospitalized due to suffering from severe aches, died at the Cizre State Hospital after an hour in intensive care, Doğan News Agency reported on Aug. 28.
Three road construction workers killed in PKK attack in Turkey's Şırnak
Three road construction workers were killed in an armed attack by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the southeastern province of Şırnak on Aug. 28, according to the governor's office.