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The death toll from the floods in Şanlıurfa and Adıyaman, Turkey, increases to 18.
2023-03-17

Twelve people in Şanlıurfa and two in Adıyaman, Turkey, are killed by floods caused by heavy rain.
2023-03-15

Turkey reports a new record of 5,532 new cases in the last 24 hours, surpassing the previous record set in April. The country now has 440,805 total confirmed cases since the pandemic began as a curfew takes effect.
2020-11-21

A YPG mortar and rocket attack on the Turkish town of Nusaybin kills eight civilians and injures 35 others, according to the governor of Mardin Province.
2019-10-11

Turkey calls a statement of European Union support for Greek Cypriots in a dispute over offshore resources "unacceptable". Turkey has been using its Navy to prevent exploration by Cypriot vessels.
2018-03-23

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatens unilateral action against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria inside Syria.
2016-05-12

ISIS claims responsibility for the deaths of two Syrian refugee activists who fled to Sanliurfa, Turkey, raising concerns about the group’s reach in countries outside of Syria and Iraq. Ibrahim Abdel Qader, a founder of Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently, and Fares Hammadi are said to have been killed by an acquaintance posing as a defector from ISIS.
2015-11-3

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

The Hellenic Coast Guard rescues 218 migrants off the coast of Greece who sailed illegally from Turkey making the total number of people arriving more than 1,500 in a week.
2015-05-28

The Turkish parliament approves a motion authorizing cross-border military operations against Syria after Syrian forces shelled the Turkish border town of Akçakale on October 3, killing five people.
2012-10-4