Mardin State Hospital

Firefighters come under PKK fire in Turkey's southeast

Outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants injured one firefighter on March 27 in the Nusaybin district of the southeastern province of Mardin, where clashes between security forces and the PKK are ongoing. 

The firefighters were targeted as they tried to put out a fire that had broken out at a house in the Yeni?ehir neighborhood of Nusaybin at around midday.

Five detained after family shootout leaves four dead in southeastern Turkey

Four people have been detained as part of an investigation into a shootout between two families, which left four people dead and 27 others injured in the southeastern province of Mardin on July 3.

A group of people reportedly fired at another group who were heading to mosque in the Ömerli district of Mardin.