Diyarbakır

Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu repeated the 12 items they had mentioned for the solution of the Kurdish conflict, while refusing claims that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) was the only authority to solve the issue.

Thousands of people march in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır and Istanbul in a peaceful support rally for Syrian city under ISIL fire Thousands of people marched Nov. 1 in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır and Istanbul in a peaceful support rally for Kobane, the Syrian city under jihadists’ attack for more than one month. 

An F-16 fighter aircraft belonging to the Turkish Air Force crashed today on landing in the southeast of the country.

The jet, part of the 2nd Air Force Command based in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, crashed, Deputy Gov. Ahmet Günaydın told Anadolu Agency. He said the plane's engine caught fire during landing.

A man was shot by a police officer as he was trying to pull down a Turkish flag near a police station in Antalya late July 16. It was the third incident of the kind in two months, after a protester in Diyarbakır took down a Turkish flag in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, prompting debates on whether the soldiers should have opened fire or not.

A Diyarbakır court has released 30 of the 32 arrested suspects in the main case against the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK), the urban wing of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

A Turkish court in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır has released two pro-Kurdish politicians in the trial of Kurdistan Community Union (KCK), an umbrella organization of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

Opposition parties remain persistent that the government is responsible for the recent attack on a Turkish flag in a military base.

Those responsible for the removal of a Turkish flag from a mast inside an Air Force base in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır will pay for it, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, accusing both the perpetrators and local military officials. Five people involved in the incident were detained on June 10 as part of the investigation launched by the local police forces.

Those responsible for the removal of a Turkish flag from a mast inside an Air Force base in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır will pay for it, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, accusing both the perpetrators and local military officials. Five people involved in the incident were detained on June 10 as part of the investigation launched by the local police forces.

The removal of a Turkish flag at an Air Force base in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır is indication of a de facto occupation by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has said, calling on the chief of general staff to resign over his responsibility for such a failure.