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Cihan News Agency latest on Friday AUGUST 22, 2014

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DEVOTED TEACHER/FAREWELL CEREMONY: Teacher of Turkish school in South Africa Galimbek Şerifhan, who lost his life in a car accident few days ago, laid to rest on Friday in Johannesburg with prayers amid tears of family members hundreds of loved ones.

GOVERNOR/JOURNALISTS AS INFORMANTS: The governor of Balıkesir province, Ahmet Turhan, revealed on Thursday the extensive witch hunt that has been conducted by order of the government for months, as he encouraged journalists to act as informants.

11 OFFICERS ARRESTED: Eleven police officers who had been detained earlier this week as part of a widening operation against the police force were arrested pending trial on Friday, while family members of dozens of affected policemen held a press conference in front of the Constitutional Court building in the hope that their voices would be heard by members of the top court.

YILDIRIM/DAVUTOGLU/PRIME MINISTERY: Former minister Binali Yıldırım, whose name had been voiced among possible candidates for prime minister to replace President-elect Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has said that he harbors no hard feelings regarding Erdoğan's choice to nominate Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu as his successor.

TENSION IN EASTERN TURKEY: Following the removal of a statue of a terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant on Tuesday in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, PKK supporters have been in a clash with the security forces in Muş province for three days.

CHILDREN KILLED IN SYRIA: Continuing to target Daraa city in southern Syria with barrel bombs, Bashar al-Assad regime brutally claimed the lives of five more children on Friday.

CHILDREN IN GAZA: The Head of the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) in Gaza told reporters in New York on Thursday (21 August) that the situation for children in the besieged territory is "very dire."

TENSION IN EASTERN TURKEY: Following the removal of a statue of a terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant on Tuesday in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, PKK supporters have been in a clash with the security forces in Muş province for three days.

UNSC/CONFLICT PREVENTION: The Security Council unanimously adopted on Thursday (21 Aug) a resolution containing a number of core conflict prevention themes to reinforce the Council's role in this matter.

EBOLA SUSPECT/ITALIAN WOMAN: An Italian passenger was sent to hospital from İstanbul Atatürk Airport on suspicions that she has Ebola virus on Friday.

20 KG HEROIN SEIZED: During the routine inspections at Kapıkule border gate, which sits along the Turkish-Bulgarian border, Turkish police seized 20 kilograms and 776 grams of heroin at a car belonging to an Iraqi citizen.

PAKISTANI REFUGEES/HEALTH: Around 1 million Pakistani refugees, who fled strikes in North Waziristan, face risk of contagious diseases, warned World Health Organization (WHO) official Mohammad Asif Khan.

SOLDIERS WOUNDED: Two soldiers were wounded in an armed attack by the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in eastern Turkish province of Ağrı on Thursday as tensions in the region significantly escalates.

FOUR POLICE OFFICERS ARRESTED: An İzmir court decided on Thursday to arrest four police officers and release eight who were detained on Tuesday allegedly in charge of wiretapping as part of a police operation against police force.

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