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Turkey Soldier Rides Excavator To Find Distressed Mother's Missing Phone
A Turkish soldier climbed into the bucket of an excavator on Saturday to search an earthquake-damaged home in Antakya for a cell phone belonging to a 75-year-old woman who feared her son was dead after five days without contact.
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Eleven Turkish Soldiers Killed In Helicopter Crash
Eleven Turkish soldiers were killed when their military helicopter crashed in heavy weather in the country's restive southeast on Thursday, the defence ministry said.
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Turkey Sacks 18,500 Employees Including Soldiers, Policemen In New Decree
Turkish authorities ordered the dismissal of more than 18,500 state employees including police officers, soldiers and academics, in a decree published on Sunday. The Official Gazette said 18,632 people had been sacked including 8,998 police officers in the emergency decree over suspected links to terror organisations and groups that "act against na...
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Turkey Detains 30 ISIS Suspects In Adana: Report
Turkish police detained 30 people suspected of links to ISIS in the southern province of Adana, the Dogan news agency reported on Friday, as clashes between Turkish soldiers and the jihadist group intensified in northern Syria.
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Turkey Restricts Internet After Release Of ISIS Video
A monitoring organization says Turkey restricted access to social media websites after the ISIS group released a video purportedly showing two Turkish soldiers being burned alive.
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ISIS Video Shows Turkish Troops 'Burned Alive': Report
The ISIS jihadist group on Thursday released a video purporting to show two captured Turkish soldiers being burned alive.
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Suicide Car Bombing Kills 14 Off-Duty Turkish Soldiers
Fourteen Turkish soldiers were killed and dozens more wounded Saturday in a suicide car bombing blamed on Kurdish militants targeting off-duty conscripts, the latest in a string of attacks to rock Turkey in recent months.
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Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan Blames Kurdish Terrorists After Car Bomb Kills 13, Wounds 55
A car bomb attack on a bus carrying off-duty military personnel killed 13 soldiers and wounded 55 in the central Turkish city of Kayseri today, an incident President Tayyip Erdogan blamed on Kurdish terrorists.
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13 Soldiers Killed, 48 Wounded In Bombing In Turkey's Kayseri
Thirteen Turkish soldiers were killed and 48 wounded on Saturday in a car bomb blast that targeted a bus transporting them in the central city of Kayseri, the army said.
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3 Turkish Soldiers Killed In ISIS Attack In Northern Syria: Report
Three Turkish soldiers were killed and seven wounded in an attack by ISIS terrorists in northern Syria, Dogan news agency reported on Thursday.
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Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan Warns NATO On Sheltering 'Terrorist' Plotters
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday warned NATO against sheltering "terrorist" soldiers after Turkish officers in the alliance's command reportly sought asylum after a failed putsch.
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Truck Bomb Attack On Soldiers Kills 18 In Southeast Turkey
Ten Turkish soldiers and eight civilians were killed on Sunday when suspected Kurdish terrorists detonated a five-tonne truck bomb that ripped through a checkpoint near a military outpost in the country's southeast, the prime minister said.
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2 Killed In Attack On Military Bomb Disposal Team: Turkey
Turkey's state-run news agency says Kurdish rebels have attacked a bomb disposal team in southeast Turkey, killing two Turkish soldiers.
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Turkish Military Says Coup Plotting Soldiers Account For 1.5 Per Cent Of Its Force
The Turkish military said on Wednesday that 8,651 soldiers took part in a failed attempt to overthrow the government earlier this month, accounting for about 1.5 per cent of the army.
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Turkish Soldier Opens Fire Outside Ankara Courthouse, No Casualties: Official
A Turkish soldier opened fire outside the main courthouse in the Turkish capital Ankara today before being detained, a presidency official said, adding that no casualties had been reported.
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Turkey Soldier Rides Excavator To Find Distressed Mother's Missing Phone
A Turkish soldier climbed into the bucket of an excavator on Saturday to search an earthquake-damaged home in Antakya for a cell phone belonging to a 75-year-old woman who feared her son was dead after five days without contact.
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Eleven Turkish Soldiers Killed In Helicopter Crash
Eleven Turkish soldiers were killed when their military helicopter crashed in heavy weather in the country's restive southeast on Thursday, the defence ministry said.
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Turkey Sacks 18,500 Employees Including Soldiers, Policemen In New Decree
Turkish authorities ordered the dismissal of more than 18,500 state employees including police officers, soldiers and academics, in a decree published on Sunday. The Official Gazette said 18,632 people had been sacked including 8,998 police officers in the emergency decree over suspected links to terror organisations and groups that "act against na...
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Turkey Detains 30 ISIS Suspects In Adana: Report
Turkish police detained 30 people suspected of links to ISIS in the southern province of Adana, the Dogan news agency reported on Friday, as clashes between Turkish soldiers and the jihadist group intensified in northern Syria.
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Turkey Restricts Internet After Release Of ISIS Video
A monitoring organization says Turkey restricted access to social media websites after the ISIS group released a video purportedly showing two Turkish soldiers being burned alive.
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ISIS Video Shows Turkish Troops 'Burned Alive': Report
The ISIS jihadist group on Thursday released a video purporting to show two captured Turkish soldiers being burned alive.
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Suicide Car Bombing Kills 14 Off-Duty Turkish Soldiers
Fourteen Turkish soldiers were killed and dozens more wounded Saturday in a suicide car bombing blamed on Kurdish militants targeting off-duty conscripts, the latest in a string of attacks to rock Turkey in recent months.
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Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan Blames Kurdish Terrorists After Car Bomb Kills 13, Wounds 55
A car bomb attack on a bus carrying off-duty military personnel killed 13 soldiers and wounded 55 in the central Turkish city of Kayseri today, an incident President Tayyip Erdogan blamed on Kurdish terrorists.
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13 Soldiers Killed, 48 Wounded In Bombing In Turkey's Kayseri
Thirteen Turkish soldiers were killed and 48 wounded on Saturday in a car bomb blast that targeted a bus transporting them in the central city of Kayseri, the army said.
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3 Turkish Soldiers Killed In ISIS Attack In Northern Syria: Report
Three Turkish soldiers were killed and seven wounded in an attack by ISIS terrorists in northern Syria, Dogan news agency reported on Thursday.
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Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan Warns NATO On Sheltering 'Terrorist' Plotters
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday warned NATO against sheltering "terrorist" soldiers after Turkish officers in the alliance's command reportly sought asylum after a failed putsch.
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Truck Bomb Attack On Soldiers Kills 18 In Southeast Turkey
Ten Turkish soldiers and eight civilians were killed on Sunday when suspected Kurdish terrorists detonated a five-tonne truck bomb that ripped through a checkpoint near a military outpost in the country's southeast, the prime minister said.
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2 Killed In Attack On Military Bomb Disposal Team: Turkey
Turkey's state-run news agency says Kurdish rebels have attacked a bomb disposal team in southeast Turkey, killing two Turkish soldiers.
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Turkish Military Says Coup Plotting Soldiers Account For 1.5 Per Cent Of Its Force
The Turkish military said on Wednesday that 8,651 soldiers took part in a failed attempt to overthrow the government earlier this month, accounting for about 1.5 per cent of the army.
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Turkish Soldier Opens Fire Outside Ankara Courthouse, No Casualties: Official
A Turkish soldier opened fire outside the main courthouse in the Turkish capital Ankara today before being detained, a presidency official said, adding that no casualties had been reported.
