Doğan News Agency

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Turkey’s Hizbullah, whose members are mostly Kurdish Islamists, have engaged in fresh street battles in a southeastern province near Turkey's border with Syria, killing at least three, more than two months after the clashes that led to the deaths of 36 people.

Danish politicians have reacted furiously to the Turkish EU minister’s remarks criticizing Denmark’s decision to report Turkey to the EU due to an ongoing row over the release of a Danish writer’s suspected shooter.

A Turkish member of the international activist group FEMEN has claimed that an ex-boyfriend blackmailed her with nude photos and sex tapes filmed without her knowledge.

The 27-year-old, identified only as D.D., notified her lawyers about the alleged blackmail, Doğan News Agency reported.

A member of Parliament was injured on Nov. 19 in a car crash that occurred near the headquarters of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).

Kurdish Peshmerga forces have assaulted a village in northern Iraq and killed 25 Islamist militants, most of whom are reported as Turkish jihadists, sources have claimed.

A Turkish submarine and a Greek coast guard were engaged in a maritime standoff on Nov. 17, amid a fishing crisis in the Aegean.

A donkey tied to a railway track in the Ulukışla district of the Central Anatolian province of Niğde narrowly escaped a tragic death on Nov. 17, when the operator of a running freight train noticed it at the last minute and managed to stop the train with only three meters to spare before hitting the animal.

A Turkish football club has decided to issue a hefty fine for beards, after its chairman claimed some footballers look like students of imam-training schools.

A Scottish cyclist has won many hearts in Turkey after she interrupted her world tour to save an injured stray dog.

34-year-old sprint cyclist Ishbel Taromsari arrived in the western Turkish province of Balıkesir, four months after she left France for a world tour with her bicycle and only 3.5 British pounds per day for her expenses covered by a sponsor. 

This is a “chicken translation" that roughly means “This incident will end up at the police station.” Go and ask a Turkish-speaking friend if you don’t understand “chicken translation” and/or “black arm.”