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Three soldiers killed in PKK attack in Turkey's Şırnak

Three soldiers were killed in an outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) attack in the Uludere district of the southeastern province of Şırnak on June 27, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.
     
Security sources said PKK militants opened fire on a military vehicle carrying food to the Elmalı military base in the region with long-barreled weapons.

Four PKK militants apprehended in Turkey's Şanlıurfa after crossing from Kobane 'for bomb attacks'

Four outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants who illegally crossed into the country from Syria's Kobane to stage "sensational" bomb attacks were apprehended in the Suruç district of the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa on June 27, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Turkey captures over 500 migrants in multiple locations

Turkey has captured more than 500 migrants for illegal border crossings in multiple provinces around the country over the past three days.

In the northwestern province of Çanakkale, 285 migrants of Syrian and Afghan origin, who were attempting to cross to the Greek island of Lesbos, were captured in Çanakkale's Ayvac?k district on Oct. 14, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.