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Sources for an anti-government social media whistleblower have been revealed in the Istanbul police organization, a Turkish security official told daily Hürriyet on condition of anonymity on Feb. 10.

Turkish police raided the offices of a newspaper close to U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gülen on early Dec. 14, the paper's editor said, two days after President Tayyip Erdoğan signalled a fresh campaign against Gülen's supporters.

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A suicide bomber yesterday killed three Turkish engineers and wounded another in eastern Afghanistan in the latest attack on foreigners in the war-torn country, while Taliban denied responsibility.