In international news, at least eight people were killed in two separate bomb attacks in southern Turkey. Officials have blamed the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, known as the PKK, for the attacks. This comes as Turkish authorities have arrested at least 17 people in raids in Istanbul. Officials say the raids are targeting suspected terrorists, but media reports say the headquarters of the leftist, pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party, known as the HDP, was also raided by police during the operation. Meanwhile, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reiterated his calls for the United States to extradite Turkish cleric Fethullah Gülen, who is living in the Pennsylvania Poconos. Erdogan has accused Gülen of masterminding the failed coup, which Gülen denies.
Turkey: 8 Killed in 2 Separate Bomb Attacks in Southeast
HeadlineAug 11, 2016
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