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August 11, 2016

Turkey: 8 Killed in 2 Separate Bomb Attacks in Southeast
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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.


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