Topic: DHKP-C

April 1, 2015
10:00 pm

Family members, colleagues and politicians attend the funeral ceremony for Turkish prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz, as many other people gather at the Eyup Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, April 1, 2015. (photo: AP/Emrah Gurel)

Istanbul: Woman carrying bomb killed near police HQ

Incident follows a deadly hostage situation where three people were killed in a courthouse shootout

By Suzan Fraser and Desmond Butler

April 1, 2015
3:02 pm

Turkish special forces take position on in Istanbul in front of the courthouse where a Turkish prosecutor was taken hostage by an armed group, March 31, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/OZAN KOSE)

Turkish police detain armed man in ruling party office

Incident comes as deadly hostage standoff sparks crackdown on leftist activists

By AP

April 1, 2015
5:53 am

Illustrative photo of members of special security forces in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, March 31, 2015. (AP/Emrah Gurel)

Prosecutor in Istanbul hostage standoff killed

Turkish police target 2 members of banned leftist group who held captive lawyer probing death of teenager amid 2013 anti-government protests

By Desmond Butler and BERZA SIMSEK

March 20, 2013
6:21 pm

A Turkish flag is hung from the headquarters of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling party in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, March 20, 2013, apparently to conceal the damage after assailants fired a rocket on the building. (photo credit: AP)

Leftist group claims attacks in Turkey

Organization said to be responsible for last month’s embassy bombing now hits Ankara government offices

February 4, 2013
8:35 pm

A Turkish police officer stands in front of people waiting for visas near the side entrance of the US Embassy in Turkey on Monday, just three days after a suicide attack on the embassy.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey suspected group before embassy attack

Ankara claims it was on high alert about DHKP-C, but unable to prevent Friday’s deadly bombing of US mission

February 2, 2013
11:33 pm

Elevated view of the side entrance of the U.S. Embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, after a suspected suicide bomber detonated an explosive device on Friday Feb. 1, 2013. (photo credit: AP)

Turkey: Embassy bombers cling to Cold War ideology

Some speculate that the DHKP-C targeted the old ‘imperialist’ nemesis of leftist radicals everywhere, in efforts to oust Assad

By Christopher Torchia