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| Turkish poll candidate shot dead | Turkish poll candidate shot dead |
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| An independent candidate has been shot dead in Istanbul ahead of the 22 July general election in Turkey. | An independent candidate has been shot dead in Istanbul ahead of the 22 July general election in Turkey. |
| Tuncay Seyranlioglu's car was hit with gunfire on a highway as it was taking him away from a television studio, the Anatolia news agency says. | Tuncay Seyranlioglu's car was hit with gunfire on a highway as it was taking him away from a television studio, the Anatolia news agency says. |
| The 42-year-old businessman owned a construction firm and a newspaper and had been hoping to be elected as an MP for an Istanbul district. | The 42-year-old businessman owned a construction firm and a newspaper and had been hoping to be elected as an MP for an Istanbul district. |
| Two Turkish troops have meanwhile been killed in a clash with Kurdish gunmen. | |
| The soldiers were killed by suspected rebels from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) as they patrolled a rugged area near the southeastern border with Iraq and Syria. | |
| Turkish troops have been massing along the border with Iraq amid a recent rise in attacks by the PKK. | |
| Turkey accuses Kurdish separatists of staging attacks from inside Iraq. |