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Four civilians were killed and 15 people were reportedly missing after a massive bombing by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in a village in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r late on May 12. 

The bombing, which also left 23 people wounded, was carried out after an argument between villagers and PKK militants, the Diyarbak?r Governor's Office said in a statement.

Two militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), who were on the Interior Ministry's list of "wanted terrorists" under blue and orange categories, were killed in the security operations in Lice district of Diyarbak?r.

An expert report released on May 4 and prepared by a team consisting of five experts found it was impossible to determine medically and physically how Diyarbak?r Bar Association head Tahir Elçi was shot and killed with the existing data.

A total of 100 suspects, including pharmacists, medics and nurses, were detained for issuing fake prescriptions on May 2 during operations across the country.

Anarchists in the Aegean province of ?zmir, who took off their clothes in protest at the police's insistence on conducting body searches during May 1 celebrations, have issued a statement saying they refused to allow the police to touch their bodies.

One soldier was killed late May 1 in an outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) car bomb attack in the Dicle district of the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r.

Twelve militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed during ongoing operations in two southeastern Turkish provinces on April 28, the Turkish military stated on April 29.

Two male armed robbers who attempted to rob a jewelry store in burqas were caught in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r, the Governor's Office has announced.

A police officer who filmed a music video in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r's curfew-imposed Sur district was suspended on April 28. The police officer, whose identity was not disclosed, had posted a video on YouTube on April 26 praising the security officials killed in Sur, drawing a sharp rebuke from social media users. 

An investigation has been launched into two hospitals in Turkey's southeastern province of Diyarbak?r for allegedly treating members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) using fake names.