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Turkey News - Aug 10, 2015

By bartolo - Posted on 09 August 2015

Kurdish rebels attack police, military in Turkey, policeman killed - Reuters

Report: 7 hurt in bomb attack at Istanbul police station - The Sun Herald

VIDEO: 5 police, 2 civilians injured in blast at Istanbul police station, protest against PKK ensues - YouTube

Anti-goverment protests in Cizre turn violent after three people killed and seven wounded in clashes between Turkey police and PKK - Aganecy

VIDEO: Pro-Kurdish protesters clash with Turkey police in Cizre (Part 1) - YouTube

VIDEO: Kurds clash with Turkey police in Cizre (Part 2) - YouTube

Nearly 400 Kurdish rebels killed in 2 weeks of Turkey airstrikes: report - Yahoo News

Turkish authorities launch probe into video of handcuffed Kurdish villagers lying face down - todayszaman.com

VIDEO (English Subs): Turkish police chief shouts Kurdish villagers handcuffed and lying face down - YouTube

Thousands attend demonstration in Istanbul calling on peace between Turkey and PKK - hurriyetdailynews.com

VIDEO: Thousands gather in Istanbul to protest against the Turkish government's intensified military offensive on PKK targets (Part 1) - Reuters

VIDEO: Istanbul peace protest calls for end of hostilities with PKK (Part 2) - video.news.com.au

Thousands of Kurds in Germany march against Turkish air strikes - Yahoo News

VIDEO: Kurds in France and Germany protest Turkish military actions - YouTube

Brussels rally calls on US, Europe to help stop Turkish attacks - Rudaw

German FM: End of Turkey’s peace process would be fatal - todayszaman.com

Europe 'rejects' extradition of nearly 650 PKK and leftish suspects - middleeastmonitor.com

Turkey's pursuit of Kurdish rebels threatens to further destabilize the region - The Washington Post

Minister: Turkey will not give Syrian refugees right to work - todayszaman.com

Turkey faces credit downgrade risk by year end - todayszaman.com

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Pro-Kurdish party leader Demirtas urges the PKK to 'remove its finger from the trigger' and the government to launch peace talks - Yahoo News

Demirtaş visits family of slain soldier, calls for peace - todayszaman.com

HDP says negotiations for settlement should be with Öcalan-led delegation - todayszaman.com

Öcalan demands PKK and Turkey to stop the fighting, return to the table of negotiations - ARA News

Peshmerga chief urges PKK to leave Iraq’s Kurdish region - Anadolu Agency

VIDEO: Rifts among Kurdish parties over KRG call on PKK to leave Iraq's Kurdistan - YouTube

VIDEO: PKK leader: Turkey is protecting IS by attacking Kurds - BBC News

Ambulances ferry ISIL terrorists between Turkey and Syria, CHP report says - todayszaman.com

Kurdish Forces Discover Network of Tunnels Connecting Towns on Opposite Sides of the Syrian-Turkish Border - BasNews

Turkey intentionally late in action against ISIL recruiters: Report - hurriyetdailynews.com

YPG accuses Turkey of handing over six Kurdish fighters to Nusra Front, facing the risk of execution - ARA News

Another Jabhat al-Nusra judicial document for execution of individuals for fornication and homosexuality - Aymenn J Al-Tamimi on Twitter

US deploys six F-16 jets with 300 personnel to Turkey for IS fight - Yahoo News

Russia's Lavrov says U.S. must work with Assad to fight Islamic State - Yahoo News

Islamic State kills 37 rival insurgents in Syria's Aleppo province: monitor - Reuters

ISIS battles Syria rebels for key supply lifeline near Turkey border crossing: activists - THE DAILY STAR

Islamic State is led by more than 100 of Saddam's former officers - AP

Terra Incognita: Are Saddam-era soldiers secretly behind the rise of Islamic State? No. - Jerusalem Post

REPORT: A Snapshot of the Islamic State's Official Media Output - The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

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