Van Police Department

An Istanbul court has ordered the release of 10 of 45 suspects in a case into the alleged wiretapping of hundreds of lawmakers and civil servants and the creation of a fake terrorist group publicly known as "Selam Tevhid."

Police seized a large stash of ammunition and automatic weapons from a house in the southeastern province of Van where 12 outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants were killed on Jan. 10. 

One police officer and 12 suspected militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) have been killed following a police raid on a house in the eastern province of Van's Edremit district.

Police special forces raided a two-story house at around 5 a.m. on Jan. 10, following a tip off that the people in the house were planning a large-scale attack in Van, authorities said.