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39 migrant smugglers apprehended, says interior minister
A total of 39 migrant smugglers have been caught in extensive operations conducted in the provinces of Sakarya and Hatay, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on Aug. 1.
Nomads journey to highland in northwestern Turkey
Nomads in Sakarya province's Hendek district kicked off their journey to Dikmet Plateau, with the warming weather. (AA Photo)
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Seven dead after tractor carrying workers overturns in Turkey's Sakarya
At least seven people were killed and nine others were injured after a tractor carrying nut workers overturned in the Hendek district of the northwestern province of Sakarya on Aug. 18.
The cause of the accident in the Köseköy neighborhood at around 7:25 a.m. was not immediately known.
Around one-and-a-half tons of heroin seized in poultry farm in Turkey's Sakarya
Turkish anti-drug squads have seized 1.4 tons of heroin in a poultry farm in the northwestern province of Sakarya in an operation, the governor of Istanbul said on July 26.
Governor Vasip Şahin told reporters that it was the highest amount of heroin seized in a ground operation in the last 15 years.
Dispute between Syrian worker, employer raises tensions in Turkey's Sakarya
Tensions between a Syrian worker and factory department head on the morning of June 15 in the Hendek district of the Marmara province of Sakarya escalated to involve hundreds of locals, Doğan News Agency has reported.