Doğan News Agency

Three dead in clashes between Turkey's Hizbullah, PKK as PM warns against ‘provocations’

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Turkey’s Hizbullah, whose members are mostly Kurdish Islamists, have engaged in fresh street battles in a southeastern province near Turkey's border with Syria, killing at least three, more than two months after the clashes that led to the deaths of 36 people.

FEMEN member ‘blackmailed’ with sex tapes by ex-boyfriend

A Turkish member of the international activist group FEMEN has claimed that an ex-boyfriend blackmailed her with nude photos and sex tapes filmed without her knowledge.

The 27-year-old, identified only as D.D., notified her lawyers about the alleged blackmail, Doğan News Agency reported.

Donkey tied to rails escapes dramatic death by three meters in Turkey

A donkey tied to a railway track in the Ulukışla district of the Central Anatolian province of Niğde narrowly escaped a tragic death on Nov. 17, when the operator of a running freight train noticed it at the last minute and managed to stop the train with only three meters to spare before hitting the animal.

IN PHOTOS: Scottish cyclist interrupts world tour to save stray dog

A Scottish cyclist has won many hearts in Turkey after she interrupted her world tour to save an injured stray dog.

34-year-old sprint cyclist Ishbel Taromsari arrived in the western Turkish province of Balıkesir, four months after she left France for a world tour with her bicycle and only 3.5 British pounds per day for her expenses covered by a sponsor. 

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