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Riot police stand guard near the of Israeli Embassy in Ankara. Photo: Reuters

Turkey Detains 44 Terrorists, Including Bomb Attack Planners

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Jul 14, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara- Turkish police have detained 44 suspects in anti-terrorist operations, including the planners of two suicide bomb attacks in Istanbul last year, the city’s governor said on Thursday. Twin bombs — one planted in a car and the other strapped to a...

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Flowers and pictures of the victims are placed near the entrance of Reina nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

Istanbul’s New Year Attack Mastermind Arrested

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Feb 15, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara- Turkish authorities have arrested a Frenchman of Turkish descent suspected of being one of the masterminds of the New Year attack at Istanbul’s Reina nightclub which left 39 people dead and 65 injured. Officials from the prosecutors’ office in Burdur announced...

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Injured people wait for an ambulance following an explosion in Kayseri, central Turkey. (AFP Photo)

Turkey Arrests Soldiers in Probe into Kayseri Attack

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 13, 2017 | Middle East

Turkey has arrested five soldiers as part of the investigation into a deadly suicide attack on the military claimed by a Kurdish radical group in the central city of Kayseri in December. A bus — carrying low-ranking privates and non-commissioned officers —...

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Forensic experts (L) and firefighters stand beside a Turkish police bus which was targeted in a bomb attack in a central Istanbul district, Turkey, June 7, 2016. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

Kurdish Militant Group Says Responsible for Istanbul Bombing

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 10, 2016 | Middle East

Kurdish militants on Friday claimed responsibility for a car-bomb attack this week that killed 11 people and injured 36 in Turkey’s biggest city Istanbul, vowing to continue attacks across Turkey. In a statement posted online, the Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK)...