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Five killed in attack on police bus in Turkey

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Four police trainees and a civilian were killed and many other people were wounded in an attack on a police bus in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, the interior minister said.

Turkish parliament reauthorizes Iraq incursions

Turkey's parliament voted Wednesday to extend the military's mandate to carry out operations against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, as an attack on a police bus left five dead in Turkey's Kurdish-dominated east.

Five killed in attack on police bus in Turkey

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Four police trainees and a civilian were killed and many other people were wounded in an attack on a police bus in southeast Turkey on Wednesday, the interior minister said.

One officer killed, 14 injured after PKK's attack in Turkey

One police officer was killed and 14others were injured after a police shuttle bus came under attack by the militants of the banned Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir on Wednesday, the...

Project Aims to Improve Life in Rural Turkey

In the farming village of Yatir in southeastern Turkey, little has changed over time. Rural areas, especially in the East, are some of the poorest parts of the country. A pilot project is aiming to bring more economic...

Turkey extends Iraq raid window

The last Turkish ground incursion into Iraq was in February Turkey's parliament has extended the army's mandate to carry out cross-border raids against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq by one year. Lawmakers in the capital...

Turkey's Kurdish Party Looks to Religion to Boost Political Profile

Jones report - Listen (MP3) After suffering defeat in last year's general election to the Islamic rooted AK party, Turkey's main Kurdish party is turning to religion in its battle to re-establish itself as the region's main...

Turkish soldier killed, another injured in clashes with PKK

ANKARA, Turkey -- Members of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) opened fire on security forces Tuesday (September 30th) in the Hani district of the southeastern province of Diyarbakir. On its website Wednesday, the...

PKK member killed in attack on police

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Dismissed Turkish Mayor Continues Quest to Make Kurdish Language Official

Jones report - But in Turkey the local mayor in city of Diyarbakir was dismissed and is possibly facing prison for speaking Kurdish. Abdullah Demirtas is charged with violating Turkish laws which stipulate only the Turkish...

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