Yunus Emre Alagöz
Ten gets aggravated life sentence for 2015 Ankara bombing
Ten defendants were sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment on July 1 in the trial over the 2015 ISIL bomb attack that targeted a crowd gathered in front of the capital Ankara's train station for a rally.
An Ankara court delivered the sentences nearly nine years after the attack, the deadliest suicide bombing in Türkiye's history.
The terror spiral that has embroiled Turkey
It was not centuries ago. It was not years ago. It was only 16 months ago that this society managed to open the door for a possible coalition government. The results of the June 7, 2015 general election reflected the need for reconciliation in the seat distribution at the Turkish Parliament.
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Turkey offers $14 million bounty for 23 wanted ISIL militants
Turkey's Interior Ministry has updated its list of "wanted terrorists" to include 23 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants following the jihadist organization's twin suicide bombing in the country's capital on Oct. 10, 2015. The government has offered rewards of more than 42 million Turkish liras (more than $14 million) for any information leading to the suspects' capture.
Turkey identifies second suicide bomber in Ankara massacre as Syrian citizen
A Syrian citizen identified only as E.U. was the second suicide bomber to attack a peace rally on Oct. 10, 2015, in Ankara, killing 101 activists, according to the Ankara Chief Prosecutor's Office.
Authorities did not provide any other information on E.U.
ISIL militants prepared suicide vests in Gaziantep on Syrian border: Police
Turkish counter-terrorism units have revealed that militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) prepared suicide bomb vests and other materials in a depot in the southeastern province of Gaziantep for use in the double suicide bomb attack that killed 102 people in Ankara on Oct. 10.
Ankara suicide bombers prepared bombing material in southeastern Gaziantep
Turkish counterterrorism units have revealed that militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) prepared suicide bomb vests and other materials in a depot in the southeastern province of Gaziantep for use in the double suicide bomb attack that killed 102 people in Ankara on Oct. 10.
Ankara blast attack death toll rises to 103
The death toll from last month's Ankara bombing has risen to 103, after one of the wounded victims died, judicial sources said Nov. 18. No further details were available. It is not known how many other victims are still in critical condition. A week after the Oct. 10 attack, 150 remained in hospital.
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Teahouse becomes center of ISIL recruitments in eastern Turkey
The story of how the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) recruited militants in Turkey who then went on to kill hundreds of people around the country began in an ordinary teahouse in the country's east.
Turkish police on alert to capture four ISIL members prepared for attacks in Turkey
Turkish police has been put on alert to capture four suspects, who are members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and have entered Turkey from Syria for a major attack, Anadolu Agency reported.
According to the report, intelligence units have found out that the suspects, one of them a foreign national, have recently entered the country.
Ankara bombers' driver member of ISIL, ex-member of al-Nusra: Reports
One of the drivers of the two suicide bombers in the Ankara attack on Oct. 10 which killed 102 people, including the two bombers, has been identified as a former member of al-Nursa who is a current member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), state-run Anadolu Agency reported security officials as saying.