Siirt Province

A chief physician in the eastern Turkish province of Siirt has said she was removed from her post after she reported a local prostitution ring that abuses university students.

An eight-year-old Labrador dog has died in an explosion during a mine-sweeping mission but saved the lives of a number of security personnel in the southeastern Turkish province of Siirt.

Peoples? Democratic Party (HDP) co-chairman Selahattin Demirta? has criticized President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an for exploiting religion and the Muslims? holy book, the Quran, while equally slamming the religious directorate for remaining silent on the issue. 

How awful! A psychopath stabs to death a 20-year-old female student because she had resisted his rape attempt. He then chops off her hands and burns her, all while ringing his father and a friend who arrive at the scene to ?help? him. The next day, nearly 80 million Turks are shocked! How shocking one of us committed such a monstrous act!

The body of a missing 10-year-old girl was found on Aug. 26 at the Alkumru reservoir, ending two days of search and rescue efforts in the area after the dam’s gates opened to allow a large flood of water, dragging in several people who were having a picnic nearby.