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Thousands of police officers have launched raids to arrest suspected members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) following a wave of deadly violence in Turkey.

Turkey carried out airstrikes against three Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets in Syria for 13 minutes early July 24.

A Turkish police officer was killed and his colleague was injured in a gun attack in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r on July 23. 

Ankara has evaluated the July 20 bomb attack on civilians in Suruç in the southern provice of ?anl?urfa as an attempt to force the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) into an encounter with the state and the government, security experts have told daily Hürriyet, adding jihadists were also sending a message to the government to stop operations on its me

Many untouched forests and wild animals have been negatively affected by wildfires across the country, while experts warned against new forest fires in Turkey's southern and Aegean provinces. 

Fires in the Lice and Kulp districts of the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r burned forests on July 19 and 20, though officials said they were under control on July 20 morning.  

Uncovering the details of the deadly bombing of the Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) rally in Turkey?s southeastern province of Diyarbak?r just before the general election could only occur with a coalition government in which the HDP is involved, the party?s co-chair Selahattin Demirta? has said. 

Site preparations have finished in Turkey?s eastern province of Diyarbak?r, whose ancient sites may soon receive world heritage status. The 5,700-meter long and 12-meter high historical walls, along with the 700-hectare Hevsel Gardens, which are a like an open-air museum and symbol of the city, are waiting for UNESCO?s World Heritage status decision.  

Around 250 Yazidis who left a refugee camp in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r to go to Bulgaria have been sent to a camp in Mardin, another southeastern province, after they were caught close to a border gate in the country?s northwest.

Around 250 Yezidis who left a refugee camp in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r to go to Bulgaria have been sent to a camp in Mardin, another southeastern province, after they were caught close to a border gate in the country?s northwest.

Two top army personnel were each ordered to pay 3,000 Turkish Lira ($1,100) fines by a Diyarbak?r military court on June 26 on the charge of "abuse of power by negligence on duty" after a man lost his right hand after a military bomb exploded eight years ago.