DHKP/C insurgency in Turkey

Police shoot dead two assailants outside Istanbul court

Two people have been shot dead while trying to attack a courthouse in Istanbul on Feb. 6, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has announced.

The man and woman were killed during an attempt to attack a security checkpoint at the Çağlayan courthouse at 11:46 a.m. local time, the minister posted on social media.

Shooting in front of courthouse; Urgent statement issued: There are dead and wounded

This was announced today by Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya, adding that two attackers were killed.
Yerlikaya said that an attempt was made to attack the checkpoint in front of the gate at aglayan Court in Istanbul and that two attackers, a woman and a man, were killed, reports Haber Turk.

Turkish security forces thwart DHKP-C militants near Evros border, report claims

Turkish security forces have neutralized four members of the Revolutionary Liberation Party-Front, or DHKP-C, a leftist militant group, near the Evros border, according to a report in the pro-government Yeni Safak newspaper. The report has not been independently confirmed.

Terror group suspects are charged

Eleven suspected members of the Turkish far-left guerrilla group DHKP-C were on Friday charged with membership of a terrorist organization and weapons charges after a joint operation by the Hellenic Police's counterterrorism unit and the National Intelligence Service led to the discovery of a tunnel containing heavy artillery in Sepolia, near central Athens. 

Turkish court rules for crime scene investigation in Gezi Park protests victim Berkin Elvan’s case

An Istanbul court has ordered authorities to conduct an analysis at the scene where Berkin Elvan, a boy who died nine months after being hit by a police teargas canister during the 2013 Gezi Park protests, was shot.

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