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Turkey President Erdogan Denounces Coup Attempt, Says 'No Power Above National Will'
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan emerged to crowds of supporters at Istanbul's main Ataturk airport early on Saturday after what officials said had been a coup attempt by a faction within the armed forces.
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Strong Explosion Heard In Turkish Capital Ankara After Military Claims Power
A strong explosion was heard in the Turkish capital on Friday after the army said it had seized power and declared martial law and a curfew, AFP journalists reported.
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LIVE: Coup Attempt 'Black Stain' On Turkish Democracy, Says PM
Turkey military has declared martial law and curfew in the country as jets are seen flying over Istanbul. President Tayyip Erdogan has denounced what he called was an attempt by a "minority in the military", and has urged people to take to the streets.
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Turkey Ends Two Month Anti-PKK Military Operation In Kurdish Town
Turkish security forces have ended an almost two months long military operation backed by a curfew in the southeastern town of Cizre against rebels of the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), the interior minister said today.
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'I Hope No One Suffers Like Us': Residents Return To Shattered Turkish Town
The blanket curfew in Silopi lasted 36 days as clashes raged between the Turkish army and Kurdish militants. Finally it was lifted, allowing residents to come to terms with the scale of the destruction in their hometown.
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Mother Killed By Mortar Fire In Curfew-Hit Turkish City
A mother of three was killed on Sunday when a mortar shell hit her apartment in a city in Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast that has been under curfew for a month.
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Fears for Turkey Ballot as Kurdish Conflict Deepens
Curfews, street barricades and armed police everywhere: the unrest in Turkey's mainly-Kurdish southeast is likely to have an impact on the upcoming election but it also risks spelling a defeat for democracy.
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Turkey Says 17 PKK Rebels Killed in New Curfew Operation
Turkish authorities today imposed a curfew in the mainly Kurdish southeastern town of Silvan, saying 17 suspected Kurdish militants had already been killed hours after the military lockdown was enforced.
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At Least 9 Killed Due to Clashes, Militant Bombing in Southeast Turkey
Kurdish militants killed two police officers in a car bomb attack on a checkpoint in southeast Turkey on Sunday, as authorities imposed a curfew in the region's largest city Diyarbakir where clashes broke out, security sources said.
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Army Imposes Curfew After 21 Killed in Turkey Pro-Kurdish Protests
Turkey's military on Wednesday imposed a curfew in parts of the southeast after at least 21 people were killed in pro-Kurdish protests over the government's failure to act against jihadists attacking the Syrian border city of Kobane.
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Curfew Imposed After Deadly Clan Feud in Southeast Turkey
The Turkish authorities on Monday imposed a curfew in the southeastern town of Hakkari after violent clashes blamed on a feud between two Kurdish families left one person dead.
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Turkey President Erdogan Denounces Coup Attempt, Says 'No Power Above National Will'
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan emerged to crowds of supporters at Istanbul's main Ataturk airport early on Saturday after what officials said had been a coup attempt by a faction within the armed forces.
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Strong Explosion Heard In Turkish Capital Ankara After Military Claims Power
A strong explosion was heard in the Turkish capital on Friday after the army said it had seized power and declared martial law and a curfew, AFP journalists reported.
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LIVE: Coup Attempt 'Black Stain' On Turkish Democracy, Says PM
Turkey military has declared martial law and curfew in the country as jets are seen flying over Istanbul. President Tayyip Erdogan has denounced what he called was an attempt by a "minority in the military", and has urged people to take to the streets.
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Turkey Ends Two Month Anti-PKK Military Operation In Kurdish Town
Turkish security forces have ended an almost two months long military operation backed by a curfew in the southeastern town of Cizre against rebels of the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), the interior minister said today.
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'I Hope No One Suffers Like Us': Residents Return To Shattered Turkish Town
The blanket curfew in Silopi lasted 36 days as clashes raged between the Turkish army and Kurdish militants. Finally it was lifted, allowing residents to come to terms with the scale of the destruction in their hometown.
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Mother Killed By Mortar Fire In Curfew-Hit Turkish City
A mother of three was killed on Sunday when a mortar shell hit her apartment in a city in Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast that has been under curfew for a month.
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Fears for Turkey Ballot as Kurdish Conflict Deepens
Curfews, street barricades and armed police everywhere: the unrest in Turkey's mainly-Kurdish southeast is likely to have an impact on the upcoming election but it also risks spelling a defeat for democracy.
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Turkey Says 17 PKK Rebels Killed in New Curfew Operation
Turkish authorities today imposed a curfew in the mainly Kurdish southeastern town of Silvan, saying 17 suspected Kurdish militants had already been killed hours after the military lockdown was enforced.
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At Least 9 Killed Due to Clashes, Militant Bombing in Southeast Turkey
Kurdish militants killed two police officers in a car bomb attack on a checkpoint in southeast Turkey on Sunday, as authorities imposed a curfew in the region's largest city Diyarbakir where clashes broke out, security sources said.
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Army Imposes Curfew After 21 Killed in Turkey Pro-Kurdish Protests
Turkey's military on Wednesday imposed a curfew in parts of the southeast after at least 21 people were killed in pro-Kurdish protests over the government's failure to act against jihadists attacking the Syrian border city of Kobane.
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Curfew Imposed After Deadly Clan Feud in Southeast Turkey
The Turkish authorities on Monday imposed a curfew in the southeastern town of Hakkari after violent clashes blamed on a feud between two Kurdish families left one person dead.
