Kurdistan Worker's Party

The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has filed an application at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) regarding the continued arrest of its co-leaders, Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ.

The People's Democracy Party (HDP) has announced plans to file an application to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) regarding the continued arrest of the party's co-leaders, Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ.

The People's Democracy Party (HDP) has announced plans to file an application to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) regarding the continued detention of the party's co-leaders, Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ.

The opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) will vote 'yes' in the upcoming referendum for the eternity of the Turkish state, the party's leader has said. 

"We will say yes for the people, yes for the state, yes for the republic, yes for the eternity of the Turkish state," Devlet Bahçeli said in a party group meeting in parliament on Feb. 7.

Some 820 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) suspects were detained in nationwide simultaneous operations that kicked off on Jan. 30, the Interior Ministry said on Feb. 6. 

Police on Feb. 5 detained 748 suspects in operations. 

The ministry said in yesterday's statement that this added to 72 suspects, who were detained in week-long operations against ISIL.  

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Two Turkish soldiers were killed early on Jan. 14 in an operation conducted by the security forces in eastern Bitlis province of Turkey, according to Bitlis governor's office. 

Two other soldiers were wounded during an operation against outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), said the statement released by the office. 

Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militants in the Manbij region were withdrawing east of the Euphrates River, Turkish government spokesperson Numan Kurtulmuş said on Sept. 26.

At least three militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) were killed in airstrikes carried out by Turkish jets in the country's southeast, the military announced on Sept. 13.      

Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militants opened fire on a Turkish border post on Sept. 7 and Turkish soldiers returned fire, Turkish military officials in the region said on Sept. 8. 

Ankara police detained four suspected Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) members for preparing to launch an attack during the May 1 International Workers' Day demonstrations in the capital, Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency has quoted security officials as saying. 

The Ankara anti-terror department detained the four suspects at midnight on April 30, the agency reported.