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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 375

HDP People's Democratic Party

Ruling Justice and Development Party and main opposition Republican People's Party lawmakers scuffle at the parliament in Ankara during deliberations over a controversial 18-article bill to change the constitution to create an executive presidency January 11, 2017. (AFP Photo)
January 12, 2017, 1:45 pm
Fists fly as Turkey moves to bolster Erdogan powers
Bill to cement rule of Turkish president leads to violent clashes in parliament between opposition and government MPs
By AFP
This picture obtained from the Ihlas News Agency shows injured people waiting for an ambulance following an explosion in Kayseri, central Turkey on December 17, 2016. (AFP/Ihlas News Agency)
December 17, 2016, 4:29 pm
Turkey: All signs indicate PKK behind latest bombing
Erdogan says country ‘under combined attack,’ singling out Kurdistan Workers Party as ‘divisive terrorist organization’
By AP and AFP
Damaged police vehicles and cars are pictured on December 10, 2016 on the site where a car bomb exploded near the stadium of football club Besiktas in central Istanbul. (AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSE)
December 12, 2016, 11:51 am
Turkey bombs Kurds, arrests dozens in crackdown after twin attack
State media quotes military saying it hit PKK headquarters in northern Iraq, as death toll rises to 44 in Istanbul double bombing
By Agencies
People walk on a street decorated with a Turkish flag near the Besiktas football club stadium the day after two explosions at the site killed 38, Istanbul, December 11, 2016. (AP/Emrah Gurel)
December 11, 2016, 3:22 pm
Turkey hunts for answers, buries dead after blasts kill 38
No claims of responsibility for explosions that also injured 155; officials, pointing at Kurdish militia, arrest 13
By DOMINIQUE SOGUEL
Forensic officials work at the scene of explosions near the Besiktas football club stadium after attacks in Istanbul, December 10, 2016. (AP)
December 11, 2016, 11:41 am
As bombing death toll jumps to 38, Turkey blames Kurds
No claims of responsibility for twin blasts in Istanbul; day of mourning declared, with flags lowered to half-staff
By ToI Staff and AP
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, attends a ceremony marking the 78th anniversary of the death of founder of the Republic of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, at the mausoleum of Anitkabir in Ankara, on November 10, 2016. (AFP/ADEM ALTAN)
November 14, 2016, 8:44 am
Tensions flare as Turkey heads to vote on new Erdogan powers
President seeks reform that would crown him head of state, head of government and head of the ruling party
By Stuart Williams
A man holds the latest copy of the Cumhuriyet newspaper outside its Istanbul headquarters after police detained chief editor Murat Sabuncu and two columnists of the opposition newspaper, October 31, 2016. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
November 5, 2016, 11:31 am
Turkish court jails nine staff of opposition daily
13 members of Cumhuriyet have now been detained in raids, amplifying concerns about country’s press freedoms
By AFP
People watch the damage after an explosion in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, early Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. The cause of the explosion was not immediately known but Hurriyet newspaper said it may have been caused by a car bomb. (IHA via AP)
November 4, 2016, 9:02 pm
8 killed in car bombing in Turkey after Kurdish lawmakers held
Two police officers, technician, five civilians dead in Diyarbakir; one suspected attacker ‘caught dead’ by authorities
By Suzan Fraser and CINAR KIPER
An illustrative photo shows the logo of social networking website Twitter displayed on a computer screen. (AFP Photo/Leon Neal)
November 4, 2016, 12:39 pm
Social media interrupted in Turkey after crackdown
WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube slowed or stopped after government arrests top Kurdish lawmakers
By AFP
Pro-Kurdish People's Domocratic Party leader Selhattin Demirtas (L) stands behind a banner reading 'Do not touch my will' as he addresses a demonstration in Diyarbakir on October 28, 2016 following the arrest of the two co-mayors. (AFP/Ilyas Akengin)
November 4, 2016, 4:28 am
Turkey arrests leaders of pro-Kurdish party, 9 other MPs
In major escalation of crackdown in wake of a failed July 15 coup, authorities round up members of Peoples’ Democratic Party
By Stuart Williams
Relatives grieve at hospital August 20, 2016 in Gaziantep following a late night militant attack on a wedding party in southeastern Turkey. (AFP PHOTO / AHMED DEEB)
August 21, 2016, 1:21 pm
Death toll rises to 50 from ‘IS bombing’ at Turkey wedding
Erdogan says jihadist group ‘likely’ responsible for terror attack targeting heavily Kurdish area near Syrian border
By Ilyas Akengin and Raziye AKKOC
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan gestures during a speech with local village and town leaders at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, on May 4, 2016. (AFP/Adem Altan)
May 21, 2016, 4:04 am
Turkey strips immunity from lawmakers, as Erdogan targets opposition
EU highly critical of move that paves the way for trials of several pro-Kurdish and other legislators, who vow to fight back
By DOMINIQUE SOGUEL
Binali Yildirim (third from right), the likely new leader of Turkey's ruling AK Party, is surrounded by his fellow MPs as he attends a debate at the Turkish parliament in Ankara on May 20, 2016. (AFP Photo/Adem Altan)
May 20, 2016, 5:54 pm
Turkey approves controversial law scrapping immunity for MPs
Pro-Kurdish HDP says bill, which still needs Erdogan’s approval, is aimed at expelling its members from parliament
By Fulya Ozerkan
Turkish MPs fight one another during a constitutional debate in parliament on May 2, 2016 (screen capture: YouTube)
May 3, 2016, 4:03 am
Turkish MPs in mass brawl during constitution debate
Lawmakers from ruling AKP, pro-Kurdish opposition get violent during committee meeting over stripping legislators’ immunity
By AFP
Supporters of Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) hold up a portrait of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as they celebrate in Istanbul after the first results in the country's general election on November 1, 2015. (AFP/Ozan Kose)
November 1, 2015, 10:42 pm
Recep Erdogan, Turkey’s ‘sultan,’ wins again
President’s ruling AKP party regains its parliamentary majority, in another stunning triumph for the ‘big master’
By Tanya Willmer
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