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One person is killed and four others are injured when an IED blast hits a bus in Bursa, Marmara, Turkey.
2022-04-20

An improvised explosive device is discovered in the personal vehicle of a Turkish police officer who was to be part of the security detail for a rally in Siirt featuring Turkish President Recep Erdoğan. The bomb was discovered before the officer had left for the rally, and was defused by bomb squads.
2021-12-4

Police say an improvised explosive device exploded overnight at a Unicredit bank in Bologna, with the bomber leaving behind graffiti criticising Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
2018-04-10

A police Sikorsky S-70 helicopter crashes in Tunceli Province, Turkey, killing 12 people.
2017-04-18

A car bomb injures at least nine people, three in serious condition, in the mainly-Kurdish southeast region in Turkey's Tunceli Province. The explosion occurred close to housing for courthouse employees in the town of Ovacik. There is no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
2016-06-13

Clashes continue between PKK militants and Turkish Army troops in the Kurdish-majority city of Diyarbakır in southeastern Turkey. At least one Turkish soldier is killed and several are wounded in a bomb attack.
2015-12-23

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says military operations will continue in southeast Turkey and vowed that Kurdish rebels (PKK) along with their supporters, “will be buried in the trenches they have dug”. The state-run Anadolu Agency reports at least 115 PKK militants have been killed since December 15.
2015-12-21

Turkish security forces kill 23 suspected members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party in operations in the Kurdish-majority cities of Cizre and Silopi.
2015-12-17

At least seven people are killed in clashes between Turkish security forces and Kurdish protesters across southeast Turkey, as Turkish authorities declare new curfews across the restive region. According to the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, 52 curfews have been imposed since mid-August by Turkish authorities across seven Turkish provinces in the region, placing around 1.3 million people under curfew.
2015-12-14

Three Turkish troops, including a lieutenant colonel, are killed following clashes with PKK insurgents around Dağlıca village, in the southeastern Hakkâri Province. At least 17 PKK insurgents were also reportedly killed in the fighting.
2015-10-17