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Now playing Next Turkey Crackdown on Turkish mayors provokes anger and frustration 28 local and regional mayors have been suspended on suspicion of 'supporting terrorist organisations.' 11/09/2016
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Now playing Next Syria US welcomes "pause" in Turkish - Kurdish fighting A pause in the fighting between NATO member Turkey and Kurdish forces in northern Syria has been welcomed by the US. 31/08/2016
Now playing Next Turkey Turkey: PKK blamed for attack on main opposition leader Turkey’s main opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu escaped unhurt on Thursday after his convoy came under fire in the northeastern Black Sea province of Artvin. 25/08/2016
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Now playing Next Turkey Turkey backtracks on who was behind Gaziantep wedding blast Turkey's prime minister backtracks on an earlier statement by the country's president that Saturday's attack at a Kurdish wedding in Gaziantep was carried out by a child. 22/08/2016
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Now playing Next Turkey Turkey: blasts blamed on PKK militants leave more than a dozen dead At least 14 people are reported dead – mostly police and soldiers – and around 300 injured after three bomb blasts in Turkey’s southeast. 18/08/2016
Now playing Next Turkey Turkey's Erdogan blames Gulen supporters over latest bombings Turkey’s president has accused followers of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen of being involved in the latest bombings to hit the country. 18/08/2016