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Three police officers and a civilian have been killed and five policemen and one civilian wounded in attacks staged by suspected members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK), while funerals for the killed police officers took place in their hometowns. 

The firing of theater player Levent Üzümcü from Istanbul?s City Theater was in connection with his stance during the Gezi Park resistance and his speech at the Socialist International. 

In his speech in 2013, Üzümcü defined Turkey as ?a country forced to take sides constantly at the street, at school, at work, in front of the computer and during sports events.? 

An unidentified child was killed as members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) set off a bomb near the Silvan Dam road construction in Turkey?s southeast.

Reports indicate members of the PKK detonated a remote controlled bomb on Büyük Çe?me Avenue in Diyarbak?r?s Silvan district, which is also used as a road to reach the construction site by the Silvan Dam. 

The district head of the Justice and Development Party?s (AKP) Mazgirt branch in Turkey?s eastern province of Tunceli was kidnapped by members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) on Aug. 29, Do?an News Agency has reported. 

A police intelligence report has revealed the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) poses a ?high risk? in 12 districts in southeastern Turkey, as the group continues to put pressure on people in the region.

Three civilians were killed during clashes between Turkish security personnel and outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) militants in the southeastern province of ??rnak?s Cizre district on Aug. 27, amid claims by a Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) deputy saying three more people were killed and seven others were wounded in clashes in the Yüksekova district of Hakkari.

Science, Industry and Technology Minister Fikri I??k has called on the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) to pave the way for fresh elections through a parliament decision before the night of Aug. 23, if it wants to prevent the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) from being part of any interim pre-election government.

Turkey has accused the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) of ?openly supporting terrorism? by making ?written and visual propaganda? of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) during a broadcast on Aug. 20.

Turkey?s frontline role in the United States-led campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), as well as the ongoing battle against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK), has increased Turkey?s security needs, the country?s new top commander has said, calling for a marshalling of all resources at hand.

Three soldiers have been killed and one has been wounded in clashes with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r?s Hani and Lice districts, while a police officer was wounded after PKK members attacked the district police department in the province?s Ba?lar district.