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MHP leader sees 'security failure' in Ankara massacre
A serious security failure led to the Oct. 10 double suicide bombing in Ankara that killed at least 99 people, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has said, suggesting that the government should have resigned if it were not an interim government that will serve only until the Nov. 1 snap election.
CHP leader urges PM Davuto?lu to prove authority by dismissing ministers over Ankara attack
Republican People?s Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu has called on Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu to take the initiative to dismiss or force the resignation of Turkey?s justice and interior ministers over security failures before the double suicide bombing killed at least 97 people in Ankara on Oct. 10.
Rifle-carrying men seen at Istanbul funerals of Suruç victims
A number of people carrying Kalashnikov rifles and pistols have been seen at the front lines among the hundreds attending the funeral of three Suruç bombing victims from Istanbul?s Gazi neighborhood.
SYRIZA seeks new relationship with police
After a rather rocky start in its relationship with the country?s police force, the leftist-led coalition appears to be seeking closer cooperation but without being too obvious about it.
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Banknotes scattered across Istanbul's Atatürk Airport
Two sacks full of money belonging to Turkey?s Central Bank scattered across Istanbul?s Atatürk Airport ramp while being transferred to a plane en route to Zurich late on May 14.
Turkish President Erdo?an promises police force full support
President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has pledged full support to Turkey?s police force against any attempts to weaken it, in reference to the government?s fight against the Fethullah Gülen community, believed to have created a ?parallel? state within the police and judiciary.
Italy arrests Turkish man 'linked to Istanbul prosecutor's killing'
Italian police have arrested a Turkish national allegedly linked to an outlawed far-left group blamed for two recent deadly shootouts in Istanbul, Turkish media reported on April 7.
Erdal Ünal, who was allegedly the instigator of a hostage situation in Istanbul?s Ça?layan courthouse on March 31, was detained in Italy, daily Habertürk reported on April 7.
Probe opened into inspectors for 'clearing police chiefs' of role in Dink murder
A probe has been opened into the two Interior Ministry inspectors who allegedly covered up the acts of police chiefs in the murder of Armenian Turkish journalist Hrant Dink in 2007, daily Yeni ?afak reported on March 2.