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Now playing Next world news Ankara bombing: Turkish PM lays flowers at the scene Accusations and denials grip Turkey as the country reels from its fourth deadly bombing since last June. 19/02/2016
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Now playing Next Turkey Turkish army says six officers killed by bomb near Diyarbakir A handmade bomb detonated by remote control is believed to have been used in an attack on a Turkish military convoy in the mainly Kurdish southeast 18/02/2016
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Now playing Next Turkey Erdogan claims Turkey's "right to retaliate" after Ankara bombing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reacted immediately to the bombing, issuing an “official statement condemning the 17/02/2016
Now playing Next Turkey At least 28 dead as car bomb targets military in Turkish capital Ankara A bomb attack in the heart of the Turkish capital Ankara – apparently targeting the country’s military – has killed nearly 30 people and injured more 17/02/2016
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Now playing Next Turkey Erdogan: Turkey will 'give as good as it gets' against Kurdish forces Turkey’s president has insisted that the country’s military will not stop shelling Kurdish positions in Syria in response to cross-border fire. It 17/02/2016
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