Kurdish militants claim Turkey tunnel attack (Update 2)
Kurdish militants on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on a police compound in southeast Turkey that killed three people, saying more than 2...
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Violence flares in Turkey’s tense southeast after mayors’ arrest
Five members of Turkey’s security forces and five Kurdish militants were killed on Thursday in clashes in the south-east, where unrest has flared since the...
Three people killed by car bomb in Turkey’s southeast
A child and two police officers were killed by a car bomb outside a police station in southeastern Turkey on Monday, the provincial governor said,...
Five wounded in bomb attack on police in Turkey’s southeast – sources
Five people including two police officers were wounded in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakir on Tuesday when a bomb exploded as an armoured police vehicle...
Turkish military strikes PKK in northern Iraq, kills 24 militants
Turkish warplanes struck Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq and killed 24 PKK fighters in southeast Turkey on Thursday, the army said, as...
Truck bomb attack by Kurdish militants kills six in south-east Turkey (Update 2)
By Seyhmus Cakan Kurdish militants have attacked a police station in south-east Turkey with a truck bomb, killing six people including a baby and two...
Turkish police, protesters clash in southeast as new curfews declared
By Seyhmus Cakan Turkish police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse a protest against a security crackdown in the main southeastern city of...
Turkish security forces fire tear gas on protesters in Kurdish southeast
Turkish security forces fired tear gas at protesters in the mainly Kurdish southeastern city of Diyarbakir on Sunday as they demonstrated against the results of...
Two Turkish policemen, four Islamic State militants killed in southeast Turkey
Two Turkish policemen and seven Islamic State militants were killed in a firefight after police raided more than a dozen houses in Turkey’s south-east early...
Two Turkish soldiers killed, four injured in southeast blast -army
Two Turkish soldiers were killed and four were in injured by a car bomb and homemade explosives near the southeastern city of Diyarbakir overnight, the...
Turkish jets hit Islamic State positions in Syria -PM’s office
Turkish fighter jets pounded Islamic State targets in Syria early on Friday, the prime minister’s office said, after Turkey said it would take any “necessary...