Geography of Turkey
Locals flee conflict-hit southeastern town as curfew lifted
Locals in the town of Sur in southeastern Diyarbak?r province began to flee their houses on Feb. 3, after a months-long curfew was lifted in nine neighborhoods, where clashes between the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Turkish security forces have been ongoing.
One killed in an armed attack on Istanbul association
An armed attack on an association in Istanbul's Eyüp district killed one and wounded three people on Feb. 2.
The attack occurred at a center of the "Great Ottoman Social Aid and Education Association" in the Ye?ilp?nar neighborhood of Eyüp late on Feb. 2.
1,050 foreign passports seized in Istanbul raids
Turkish police have seized more than 1,000 foreign passports and detained eight suspects in raids on multiple homes as part of an operation that targeted human smugglers in Istanbul.
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Eight suspects detained for migrant smuggling in Istanbul
A total of eight suspects were detained on Feb. 3 in an operation targeting a migrant smuggling organization in Istanbul.
My new favorite imam
There was a heart-warming news story in the Hürriyet Daily News yesterday titled: "Stray cats make their home in historic Istanbul mosque." Accordingly, the Aziz Mahmud Hüdayi Mosque, a beautiful Ottoman artifact from the 16th century located in Istanbul's Üsküdar district, has recently become the home of not just human worshippers but also feline refugees.
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Operations in Cizre, Sur to be completed within days, weeks: Gov't
The Turkish government has estimated that ongoing military operations against militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the districts of Cizre in ??rnak and the district of Sur in Diyarbak?r in Southeast Anatolia would be completed within days or weeks.
Cumhuriyet columnist faces up to four years in jail for 'insulting Erdo?an'
An Istanbul prosecutor has demanded that daily Cumhuriyet columnist Özgür Mumcu be sentenced to four years and eight months in jail for "insulting" Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an.
30 ISIL suspects detained in Turkey's southeast
A total of 30 people, including 16 foreigners and nine children, have been detained in the border provinces of Kilis and Gaziantep for suspected links with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Turkish General Staff announced on Feb. 2.
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Sabanc? murder suspect detained in Turkey's west
One of the two suspected suicide bombers detained in the Aegean province of Ayd?n on Feb. 2 has been identified as a suspect in the assassination Özdemir Sabanc?, the Sabanc? Holding board member who was killed in 1996.
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Two suspected suicide bombers caught in Turkey's west
Police detained two suspected suicide bombers in the Aegean province of Ayd?n at a bus terminal on Feb. 2.
The suspects were caught while they were about to head to the neighboring ?zmir province from the Söke bus terminal.
A kalashnikov rifle, a hand grenade, bombing material, and ammunition were also seized in the luggage of the two suspects.