Erzurum

A child in the eastern province of Erzurum appealed to the police because she was sexually abused. She was sent for a genital medical examination. A fracture and slit were detected on her hymen. 

Arrest warrants have been issued for a U.S.-based Muslim cleric, who Turkey's president accuses of attempting to topple the government, and his brother on terrorism charges, a Turkish prosecutor has said.

The governor's office in Artvin has banned entry to the province as protesters arrive to support hundreds of locals who have been resisting against a plan to construct a gold mine that could severely damage the Black Sea province.

Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk has said that recent investigations and detentions of academics who signed a petition calling for an end to security operations in the country's southeast did not suit Turkey, urging for a moderation.

The historic Georgian Osvank Church in the Turkish province of Erzurum needs urgent restoration but Turkey cannot begin the work as Georgian officials have not met reciprocity principlesThe Osvank Church, which was built nearly 1,000 years ago in the eastern province of Erzurum, is ready for restoration but still waiting for steps to be taken by Georgian officials before work can begin. 

Sevil Erku?sevil.erkus@hurriyet.com.trRussia is due to conduct an observation flight over Turkish territory on Dec. 14-18, under the framework of the Open Skies Treaty, Turkish officials have told the Hürriyet Daily News. 

A Turkish intelligence official has killed himself after he shot dead his daughter and injured his wife in the northwestern province of Bursa.

A police officer has been killed after a weapon on an armored vehicle discharged accidentally in Turkey?s southeastern province of Diyarbak?r, in the wake of an outbreak of violence across the country, including a recent bomb attack in the Turkish capital that killed dozens and wounded hundreds of others.

Two soldiers were killed Oct. 11 in the eastern province of Erzurum during operations against ?the separatist terrorist organization,? a term generally used for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK).

Turkish warplanes struck 24 targets in a bombardment of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) positions in the southeastern province of Hakkari late Sept. 29, a day after three security personnel and one civilian were killed in attacks.