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| Turkey car bomb kills two soldiers as PKK truce breaks down | Turkey car bomb kills two soldiers as PKK truce breaks down |
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| A car bomb attack on a military convoy in south-eastern Turkey has killed two soldiers and injured four others, Turkish officials say. | A car bomb attack on a military convoy in south-eastern Turkey has killed two soldiers and injured four others, Turkish officials say. |
| The explosion late on Saturday happened in the town of Lice in Diyarbakir, the province governor's office said. | The explosion late on Saturday happened in the town of Lice in Diyarbakir, the province governor's office said. |
| The attack came after Turkey bombed Kurdish separatist camps in northern Iraq - the first such strikes since a peace process began in 2012. | The attack came after Turkey bombed Kurdish separatist camps in northern Iraq - the first such strikes since a peace process began in 2012. |
| No group has claimed responsibility for the latest attack. | No group has claimed responsibility for the latest attack. |
| The military said militants from the Kurdish Workers Party, or PKK, also fired at troops in the "treacherously pre-planned'' ambush. | The military said militants from the Kurdish Workers Party, or PKK, also fired at troops in the "treacherously pre-planned'' ambush. |
| It said a large-scale operation was underway to capture the attackers. | It said a large-scale operation was underway to capture the attackers. |
| The PKK threatened to break off a two-year ceasefire following Saturday's raids. | The PKK threatened to break off a two-year ceasefire following Saturday's raids. |
| There has been a wave of unrest after a suicide bomb in Suruc, blamed on so-called Islamic State (IS) killed 32 people - mainly university students planning to carry out aid work in Kobane, Syria. | There has been a wave of unrest after a suicide bomb in Suruc, blamed on so-called Islamic State (IS) killed 32 people - mainly university students planning to carry out aid work in Kobane, Syria. |
| It has included protests and confrontations with police in Ankara and Istanbul. | It has included protests and confrontations with police in Ankara and Istanbul. |
| The PKK's military wing killed two Turkish police officers on Wednesday, claiming they had collaborated with IS in the bombing in Suruc. | The PKK's military wing killed two Turkish police officers on Wednesday, claiming they had collaborated with IS in the bombing in Suruc. |
| The week that changed Turkey | The week that changed Turkey |
| Turkey's dangerous game | Turkey's dangerous game |
| Who are the Kurds? | Who are the Kurds? |
| Turkish press warning over strikes | |
| The US has called on both sides to avoid violence, but stressed that Turkey has the right to defend itself against attacks by Kurdish rebels. | The US has called on both sides to avoid violence, but stressed that Turkey has the right to defend itself against attacks by Kurdish rebels. |
| Brett McGurk, the deputy special presidential envoy for the coalition to counter IS said on Twitter: "We urge de-escalation and that both sides remain committed to the peaceful 'solution process' for a just and sustainable peace." | Brett McGurk, the deputy special presidential envoy for the coalition to counter IS said on Twitter: "We urge de-escalation and that both sides remain committed to the peaceful 'solution process' for a just and sustainable peace." |
| He added: "There is no connection between these airstrikes against PKK and recent understandings to intensify US-Turkey cooperation against ISIL." | He added: "There is no connection between these airstrikes against PKK and recent understandings to intensify US-Turkey cooperation against ISIL." |
| The BBC's Turkey correspondent Mark Lowen reports Kurds say the Turkish government has abstained from stopping IS, seeing the group as a useful tool against its Kurdish enemy, the PKK. | The BBC's Turkey correspondent Mark Lowen reports Kurds say the Turkish government has abstained from stopping IS, seeing the group as a useful tool against its Kurdish enemy, the PKK. |
| He says sporadic attacks including one on a police station in Istanbul have raised the spectre of a return to conflict between the Turkish state and Kurdish separatists that blighted the country for 30 years and killed 40,000 people. | He says sporadic attacks including one on a police station in Istanbul have raised the spectre of a return to conflict between the Turkish state and Kurdish separatists that blighted the country for 30 years and killed 40,000 people. |
| Istanbul authorities have banned a peace rally scheduled for Sunday to denounce this week's suicide bombing, on the grounds it may be used by outlawed groups for "provocative" acts, AP reports. | Istanbul authorities have banned a peace rally scheduled for Sunday to denounce this week's suicide bombing, on the grounds it may be used by outlawed groups for "provocative" acts, AP reports. |