Turkish minister: 8 suspects detained over wedding attack that killed 44

October 15th, 2009 Turkey: 33 suspected of planning attacks detainedANKARA, Turkey — Turkish police detained Thursday more than 30 suspects allegedly linked to the al-Qaida terror network, saying they were planning to stage attacks on NATO facilities as well as U.S. and Israeli missions in the country.

July 21st, 2009 Governor: Man, sons open fire in Turkey, 6 deadANKARA, Turkey — A man and two of his sons opened fire at random in an eastern Turkish village Tuesday, killing six people and wounding seven others, an official said. The assailants fired their shotguns on their neighbors in the village of Karaali, said Muammer Musmal, governor of Elazig province.

May 9th, 2009 Turkish families seek to adopt massacre childrenANKARA, Turkey — A Turkish official says several families have applied to adopt dozens of children who lost their families in an attack on an engagement ceremony that killed 44 people. Social services official Fevzi Hamidi said Saturday the families are seeking to adopt 48 children who survived the attack in Mardin province.

May 6th, 2009 8 suspects charged in Turkish attackBILGE, Turkey — A court on Wednesday charged eight suspects in the killing of 44 people in an attack on an engagement ceremony in Turkey's mostly Kurdish southeast, an official said. Two other suspects were still being questioned about their alleged involvement in what authorities described as the deadly outcome of a family feud, said Hasan Duruer, the governor of Mardin province.

May 5th, 2009 ANKARA - At least 41 people were killed Monday night in an armed fight at a wedding in southeastern Turkey, authorities confirmed early Tuesday morning. The families of the bride and groom at the wedding in Mardin province's Bilge village reportedly got into an argument after which state-employed village guards took sides and the argument descended into a shootout.

May 5th, 2009 ANKARA - At least 44 people were killed and 17 injured Monday night in an armed attack on a wedding celebration in southeastern Turkey, officials confirmed Tuesday morning. Four masked attackers threw hand grenades and fired automatic weapons on wedding guests in Bilge village in Mardin province, the Dogan news agency reported.

May 5th, 2009 Turkey: 8 suspects in wedding shooting detainedANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's Interior Minister Besir Atalay says security forces have detained eight people suspected of involvement in an attack on a wedding in southeastern Turkey. Atalay says the attack killed 44 people, correcting an earlier death toll of 45.

May 5th, 2009 ANKARA - Unidentified gunmen killed 44 persons attending a wedding party in a village on Monday. Reports from the village of Sultankoy in Turkey's south eastern Mardin Province, quoted acting governor Ahmet Ferhat Ozen as saying that:"The assailants, wearing masks, stormed a building in the village of Sultankoy, some 20 km (12 miles) from Mardin, and opened fire on wedding guests." Hospital officials said that apart from the 44 killed, at least 17 others were injured.

May 4th, 2009 Report: 16 killed in attack on wedding in TurkeyANKARA, Turkey — Turkish media say at least 16 people have been killed and 20 others wounded in an attack on a wedding ceremony in the southeastern part of the country. Cihan news agency says assailants with bombs and automatic weapons attacked the wedding ceremony in Sultansehmuz village, near the city of Mardin, on Monday night.

May 4th, 2009 Reports: 16 killed in attack on wedding in TurkeyANKARA, Turkey — Assailants with grenades and automatic weapons attacked a wedding in southeast Turkey on Monday, killing at least 16 people and wounding 20 others, new organizations reported. The nighttime attack occurred in Sultansehmuz village near the city of Mardin, and it was not immediately clear who was responsible.

May 4th, 2009 Report: 41 killed in attack on wedding in TurkeyANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's NTV television, citing authorities, says 41 people have been killed and three have been wounded in an attack on a wedding in the southeast. NTV quotes Deputy Gov.

March 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON/ANKARA - Turkey will consider allowing US troops to withdraw from Iraq across its territory, if the US asks for, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has said in an interview with CNN broadcast Sunday. While he was 'positive' on the issue of the exit of American soldiers, he said there would be conditions on the transport of defence materiel.

February 12th, 2009 ANKARA - Thirteen Kurdish rebels were killed in Turkish air force raids last week on Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) camps in northern Iraq, a spokesman for the Turkish General Staff said Friday. The spokesman said a number of Turkish jets had carried out bombing missions during the week on suspected PKK logistic targets in the Hukurk region of mountainous northern Iraq.

February 5th, 2009 ANKARA - Turkish planes have carried out air strikes against Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq, the Anatolia news agency reported Friday quoting the Turkish General Staff. General Staff Communication Department Chief General Metin Gurak said that Turkish planes hit PKK targets in Hakurk region Feb 4-5.

December 27th, 2008 ANKARA - Turkish jets have struck several targets of the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, the Turkish army said Sunday. Sources in the army said it carried out several operations Saturday and Sunday, targeting the PKK along the Turkish-Iraqi border.