Cizre

Hearing-impaired man overcomes obstacles to become champion

Hearing-impaired Sinan Sadak has overcome obstacles to become a successful wrestler, winning another gold medal at the latest World Deaf Championship held in Istanbul earlier this month.

Selected at the National Deaf Wrestling Team at the age of 16, Sadak has claimed the world champion title three times already.

Kurdish militants claim responsibility for Ankara bombing

A Kurdish militant group on Feb. 19 claimed responsibility for the deadly Ankara car bomb attack, which killed at least 28 and injured 61 others.

The Turkish authorities have yet to comment on the terrorist group's claim.

Turkish officials have announced that the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) carried out the attack.

HDP leader accuses Turkish gov't of 'hiding killings of civilians'

Ankara has been deliberately obscuring events going on in the restive southeastern district of Cizre, Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Selahattin Demirta? has said, following reports that scores of civilians were killed in an operation against militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).  

CHP offers to assign parliamentary team to hold secure election in Cizre

The Republican People's Party (CHP) has reiterated its willingness to provide election security as part of a joint parliamentary delegation in three neighborhoods of the southeastern district of Cizre in which authorities have decided not to conduct any voting due to security concerns.

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