Elazığ

Turkish security forces have killed 53 outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in operations in the eastern and southeastern provinces in the past week, the Turkish General Staff said in a statement on June 23.        

The statement said 53 militants were killed in the Şırnak, Hakkari, Diyarbakır, Bingöl, Elazığ and Siirt provinces.        

Two soldiers and a police officer have been killed in two separate clashes with outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the provinces of Ağrı and Şırnak, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported on May 25.

A chief physician of the Fırat University Hospital in the eastern province of Elazığ was killed in an armed attack on May 24, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Professor Muhammed Said Berilgen was assaulted by the owner of a medical firm, identified as Sercan Gök, while he was in his office at 11.45 p.m.

A chief physician of the Fırat University Hospital in the eastern province of Elazığ was wounded in an armed attack on May 24, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Professor Muhammed Said Berilgen was assaulted by the owner of a medical firm, identified as Sercan Gök, while he was in his office at 11.45 p.m. and he was heavily wounded.

Turkey is planning to build a wall along the Turkish-Iranian border as part of measures against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), according to a high-level official.

The Constitutional Court has ruled that a "rushed expropriation" decision, made despite the Council of State's decision for a stay of execution, for the Pembelik Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant on the Perisuyu River in the eastern province of Elazığ, is a violation of property rights. 

A master of Turkish photography, Professor Sabit Kalfagil, was laid to rest in Istanbul on May 6.

Kalfagil died in Istanbul's Haydapaşa Albdülhamit Research and Education Hospital on May 5 at the age of 83.
Among the attendees of his funeral ceremony were academics from Marmara University and many photography artists.

An investigation has been launched into the helicopter crash in the eastern province of Tunceli that claimed the lives of a judge, seven police officers, a noncommissioned officer and three personnel. 

Examinations on a relief that was discovered by chance in the eastern province of Elazığ's Harput district have revealed that the artwork dates back 4,000 years ago - indicating that the region's history dates back a full 1,000 years more than originally believed.

Phoenix Solar Yenilenebilir Enerji A.Ş., the newly established Turkish subsidiary of Germany's Phoenix Solar AG, said March 20 it was awarded an order by a consortium led by Akfen Renewable Energy, the energy arm of Turkey's Akfen Holding, to build a photovoltaic power plant with a total capacity of 11.2 MWp in the Black Sea province of Amasya.