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Lack of jobs will quicken breakaway in Turkey's east, says CHP report

If the Turkish state does not find a cure to unemployment in the country?s eastern and southeastern provinces, the process of the area?s breakaway from the rest of the country will accelerate, according to a report prepared by a group of Republican People?s Party (CHP) lawmakers. 

Wildfires hit forests in southern Turkey

Many untouched forests and wild animals have been negatively affected by wildfires across the country, while experts warned against new forest fires in Turkey's southern and Aegean provinces. 

Fires in the Lice and Kulp districts of the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r burned forests on July 19 and 20, though officials said they were under control on July 20 morning.