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WATCH: Turkish lawmakers engage in fistfight over debate on jailed opposition lawmaker
World | Aug 17, 2024, 09:58 AM ISTMembers of Erdogan's ruling AKP Party rushed to attack opposition lawmaker Ahmed Sik after he called for his colleague Can Atalay's reinstatement in the Parliament and called the ruling party a "terrorist organisation". Atalay was imprisoned in 2018 for organising anti-government protests in 2013.
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Turkish MP who suffered heart attack in Parliament after threatening Israel with 'God's wrath' dies
World | Dec 14, 2023, 05:46 PM ISTThe Turkish MP delivered an address at the General Assembly of the Turkish Parliament on Tuesday, where he slammed Recep Tayyip Erdogan-led government for continuing trade with Israel despite the sharp rhetoric on the war in Gaza. "You will not escape the wrath of Allah," he said to Israel.
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Turkey: 1,000 detained including those with alleged links to Kurdish militants after suicide attack
World | Oct 03, 2023, 06:30 PM ISTThe Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) had claimed responsibility for Sunday's suicide bomb attack near the Turkish Parliament. It has been designated as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the US and the EU.
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Turkey launches airstrikes on Kurdish terrorist targets in Iraq after suicide attack in Ankara
World | Oct 02, 2023, 04:33 PM ISTA security camera footage of the "terrorist attack" near the Parliament shows the attacker getting out of the vehicle and blowing himself up. The PKK, designated as a terrorist group by Turkey and the US claimed responsibility for the attack.
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Turkey: Suicide bomber detonates explosive near Parliament in Ankara, two police officers injured
World | Oct 01, 2023, 04:04 PM ISTTurkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said that another assailant was killed in a shootout with police. Earlier, Turkish media reported a deafening explosion following by gunfire in Ankara.
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Turkish parliament OKs anti-terrorism action in Syria, Iraq
World | Oct 03, 2014, 06:10 AM ISTAnkara: The Turkish parliament on Thursday passed a motion to authorise cross-border military actions in neighbouring Syria and Iraq to fight terrorist groups.Of the 396 parliament deputies who voted at Thursday's session, some 298 voted