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Firefighters come under PKK fire in Turkey's southeast

Outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants injured one firefighter on March 27 in the Nusaybin district of the southeastern province of Mardin, where clashes between security forces and the PKK are ongoing. 

The firefighters were targeted as they tried to put out a fire that had broken out at a house in the Yeni?ehir neighborhood of Nusaybin at around midday.

Boydak chairman, general manager arrested in Gülen-linked probe

Two senior executives of Boydak Holding have been arrested for allegedly financing the group of U.S.-based scholar Fethullah Gülen, a former government ally now considered the head of the supposed "Fethullahist Terror Organization" (FETÖ) that allegedly aims to topple the government. 

Tesco Kipa ends talks with Turkey's Be?endik on store sales

Tesco's subsidiary in Turkey has decided to hang onto some of its stores instead of selling them to rival Turkish retailer Be?endik after their performance improved strongly, it said on Jan. 2.

Be?endik's chief executive said in September that the company planned to buy 10 stores from Tesco Kipa as part of expansion plans that could ultimately lead to a stock market listing.

Turkish PM calls dragged corpse pic 'unacceptable', HDP leader urges interior minister to resign

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has ?disapproved? an image tweeted of a corpse tied to the back of a security vehicle being dragged on a street in southeast Turkey where security forces are battling militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers?

Foreign retail chains leave Turkey amid rise in competitiveness in local players

Turkish retail chain Be?endik, which bought 12 stores of Europe's supermarket chain last year, plans to complete the acquisition of 10 Tesco Kipa stores in Turkey by the fourth quarter, as many foreign retail chains have left Turkey in recent years as they had difficulties competing with local players. 

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