Five Dead, Dozens Injured as Wildfires Ravage Southeastern Turkey

At least five people have been killed and dozens injured as wildfires swept through several villages in southeastern Turkey, officials said on Friday.

Car bomb blast in southeast Turkey wounds eight police officers: Security sources

Eight Turkish police officers were wounded on Friday when a bomb exploded in a roadside vehicle as their minibus passed on a highway in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir, security sources said.

Turkey arrests 33 for PYD/PKK promotion on social media

At least 33 people were arrested across Turkey on Tuesday for suspected promotion of the PYD/PKK terrorist group on their social media accounts, according to security officials.

Turkey Minister Says Diyarbakir Blast Was ‘Terror Act’

Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Wednesday that an investigation showed an explosion that killed at least two people in the Kurdish majority city of Diyarbakir was a “terror attack”.

Turkey's Diyarbakir former mayor demanded 230 years in prison

Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday demanded 230 years in prison for Diyarbakir's ousted mayor, local Dogan News agency reported.

ISIS claims responsibility for Diyarbakir bombing as Turkish govt blames Kurds

Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS, ISIL) has claimed responsibility for a car bomb blast in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir that killed at least 9 people and injured over 100, Reuters reports.

Berlin summons Turkish envoy after MP arrests

Germany on Friday summoned Turkey's envoy after Ankara detained almost a dozen lawmakers from the main pro-Kurdish party, warning that a crackdown against terror should not be used as an excuse to silence the opposition.

Powerful blast outside police building in Diyarbakir, Turkey

Eight people have been killed and 100 injured in a powerful explosion outside a police building in Turkey.

Turkey detains leaders of pro-Kurdish party

Turkey detained two co-leaders and nine other lawmakers of Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) early on Friday over reluctance to give testimony for crimes linked to "terrorist propaganda."

Turkish Air Force deploys 20 fighter jets near border with Iraq

Turkish Air Force send more than 20 fighter jets to Diyarbakir near the border with Syria and Iraq, that was reported by www.milliyet.com.tr.

At least eight dead in two PKK bombings in southeast Turkey

At least eight people, mainly civilians, were killed on Wednesday in two separate bomb attacks that Turkish officials blamed on Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in Turkey's southeast, Dogan news agency said.

Diyarbakir : Turkey declares curfew in SE province over security concerns

A curfew has been declared in southeastern Turkish province of Diyarbakir for security concerns, the Diyarbakir Governor's office said on Saturday.

Car bomb kills police officers in Turkey's Diyarbakir

At least six police officers were killed and 20 people wounded when a car bomb attack hit a police vehicle in Turkey's Kurdish-dominated city of Diyarbakir in the southeast of the country, Turkish officials have said.

SoutheasternTurkey: Diyarbakır governor tries to evacuate children, elderly people in Sur

The Governor’s Office in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır issued a statement on Feb. 26 saying a corridor will be opened for the last time to evacuate children and elderly people from neighborhoods in its Sur district, which has been under curfew for 87 days.