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14 PKK militants killed in Turkey's southeast, northern Iraq
A total of 14 outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) militants were killed on April 29 in separate air operations in Turkey's southeastern Adıyaman province and northern Iraq, the Turkish military said.
In a written statement, the Turkish Armed Forces said an hour long air operation on Iraq's Sinat-Haftanin region starting at 8.31 a.m. had killed six militants.
Turkey retaliates to attacks from YPG-controlled Syria, at least 18 militants killed: Military
The Turkish military "retaliated" to a rocket attack on a Turkish border post in the province of Şanlıurfa from areas controlled by the Peoples' Protection Units (YPG) in Syria on April 28, the army said, killing 11 militants.
35 percent of Turkish voters give 'unconditional support' to Erdoğan
A segment of the electorate is devoted to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, a relationship which can be explained by love, with 35 percent of voters offering unconditional support to the president, according to Faruk Acar, the head of the Andy-Ar polling company.
35 percent of voters give blind support to Erdoğan
A segment of the electorate is devoted to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, a relationship which can be explained by love, with 35 percent of voters offering blind support to the president, according to Faruk Acar, the head of the Andy-Ar polling company.
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Kurds who previously voted for AKP will vote 'no' in referendum: Jailed HDP co-chair
A significant proportion of the Kurds who previously voted for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will vote "no" in the April 16 referendum on constitutional changes, the jailed co-chair of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has said.
Trustees were appointed to 'municipalities that supported' terror: Turkish Interior Ministry
Turkey's Interior Ministry has released a 66-page report to justify the appointment of trustees in place of democratically elected politicians in municipalities in the east and southeast of the country, claiming that official vehicles were used to transfer weapons and militants to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), daily Habertürk reported April 6.
We cannot give up on democracy
In the past one-and-a-half years, we have had 33 terrorist bomb attacks. We have lost 446 lives in these attacks, 363 of them civilians. We have more than 2,000 injured and we do not even know how many of them have permanent injuries.
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Turkey's HDP, civil society launch campaign against lifting immunities
More than 250 civil society organizations (CSOs), professional chambers and associations have released a joint declaration against a government-led bill which would strip some parliamentarians of their immunity from prosecution, with the Kurdish-problem-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), the main target of the bill, marking the declaration as a starter for a campaign against "the palace's
CHP 'to increase rhetoric in criticism' against gov't
Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu, the head of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), has said his party will increase its harsh rhetoric and tone in politics on every platform, particularly in response to ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputies, adding they would "call a thief a thief from now on."
Turbulence in nationalist party strengthens Turkish government
The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) in Turkey has been embroiled in serious turbulence since the Nov. 1, 2015 election, when the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) managed to regain its parliamentary majority to form a single party government. The AK Parti's victory came after it dropped the ball in the June 7 election.