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The Ankara Governor's Office has banned demonstrations in public spaces for a month over "security concerns." 

According to a statement released on Aug. 2, the ban will be in place throughout August after authorities evaluated that a possible Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) attack could take place.

A delegation from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has visited two educators, who were arrested after being on hunger strike for over 75 days in protest at being dismissed from their jobs through state of emergency decrees, in a jail in Ankara. 

Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has claimed two educators who were arrested on the 78th day of their hunger strike were members of the outlawed Revolutionary People's Liberation Party - Front (DHKP-C). 

A prosecutor has demanded an aggravated life sentence for İsmail Akkol, one of the prime suspects in the 1996 assassination of Özdemir Sabancı who was arrested 20 years after the Sabancı Holding board member's killing.

Akkol stands accused of "attempting to change the constitutional order by force of arms." 

Police have killed a suspected DHKP-C member who allegedly conducted rocket attacks on police and Justice and Development Party (AKP) buildings in Istanbul during an armed clash on the evening of Jan. 21, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Sixteen militants from the outlawed Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) have been "neutralized" in anti-terror operations in the eastern province of Tunceli since April 2016, according to the military.

One of the suspects in the 1996 assassination of Özdemir Sabancı, which remains one of the country's most notorious assassinations, pleaded not guilty in his first plea some 20 years after on Sept. 26, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Turkish police have shot dead two women who attacked a police station in Istanbul's Bayrampasa district with guns and hand grenades, Anadolu Agency reported on Thursday.

While more than 1,300 suspects have been arrested for their alleged links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and their affiliates since operations were launched following the deadly Suruç bombing on July 20, only 276 suspects have been arrested for their links to al-Qaeda or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), according to figures announced by Justice Minister Kenan ?pe

Three suspects alleged to belong to the outlawed leftist Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) were detained on Oct. 8, after suspiciously monitoring the Istanbul police headquarters and the main Ça?layan courthouse.