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Members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) have opened fire at a military hospital in the eastern province of Bitlis, with no casualties reported, as Turkey continues to be roiled by an epidemic of violent attacks against its security forces.

A group of militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) opened fire late Aug. 2 on a military hospital in the eastern province of Bitlis, but no casualties were reported.

Investigation authorization report for a total of nine deputies, including the Republican People?s Party (CHP) Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu, have been sent to the parliament at the same time, as two separate criminal investigations into Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) co-leaders Selahattin Demirta? and Figen Yüksekda?.
 

The Turkish Coast Guard Command has rescued more than 20,000 migrants in multiple operations in the Aegean Sea since the beginning of this year, according to figures from the body.

Turkish authorities have come close to identifying a suspected suicide bomber of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)-launched attack on a political event in southeast Turkey, an official source close to the forensic investigation told the Hürriyet Daily News.

In an attempt to stop violence against women and sexual harassment cases, public transportation vehicles in Turkey?s southern province of Adana will now have panic buttons. Drivers of public transportation will also need to obtain a drug-free report. 

Turkish gendarmerie forces have retreated from a road construction area in the Black Sea province of Rize after locals organized a sit-in to hinder the controversial project.

The dead bodies of a young couple who had been camping on a beach were found on July 8 in the Marmara province of Kocaeli.

A police officer died in a shootout in the southeastern province of Siirt early on July 7, while one man was found dead inside the car that had triggered the armed clash. 

Thirty-year-old policeman Bünyamin Tor?ut died after fire was opened from inside a car that was halted due to smuggling suspicions. A man inside the car was later captured dead on a road in Siirt.

Main opposition Republican People?s Party (CHP) Ankara deputy and deputy group leader Levent Gök has demanded parliament search for bugs in his party?s rooms after signals from listening devices were found in two deputies? rooms.