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Report confirms rare MP5 used in murder

A murder weapon that made the headlines on June 8 due to the suspect's allegations that he obtained it from outside the police headquarters in Ankara during July 2016 coup attempt, has been determined to be a MP-5 type machine gun, whose sale is banned in Turkey and is permitted to be used only by security forces, according to an export report prepared by to the General Command of Gendarmerie.<

Murder weapon allegedly obtained by civilian during Turkey's coup attempt is MP-5: Expert report

A murder weapon that made the headlines on June 8 due to the suspect's allegations that he obtained it from outside the police headquarters in Ankara during July coup attempt, has been determined to be a MP-5 type rifle, whose sale is banned in Turkey and is permitted to be used only by security forces, according to an export report prepared by to the General Command of Gendarmerie.

Turkish defense minister to press charges against CHP MP over claims of meeting with coup figure

Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Işık is preparing to press legal charges against main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Istanbul deputy Eren Erdem after the latter claimed that the minister met with a key figure in Turkey's failed July 2016 coup attempt, Adil Öksüz, just a day before the putsch.

I knew I would be arrested 15 days before: Arrested HDP co-chair

Arrested People's Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş has said he knew he would be arrested 15 days before his arrest, during a visit from a committee of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) on Nov. 30. 

A CHP committee that featured lawmakers Fikri Sağlar, Eren Erdem, Ali Şeker and Orhan Sarıbal visited the arrested HDP co-chair at Edirne Prison.

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