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Syrian refugees across Turkey have jubilantly welcomed the downfall of Bashar Assad’s government with many embracing the chance to return to their homeland.
Workers and activists around the world are marking May Day with largely peaceful rallies against rising prices and calling for greater rights.
Local media in Turkey say one person was killed and seven injured when a cable car in the south of the country hit a pole and burst open, sending the passengers plummeting to the mountainside below.
Turkish state media say authorities have detained four people in connection with a massive landslide that engulfed a gold mine in eastern Turkey, leaving at least nine workers missing.
Nine workers are believed to be trapped underground after a huge landslide hit a gold mine in eastern Turkey.
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Roman Catholic church in Istanbul during Mass that killed one person.
Turkish officials say two masked assailants attacked a Roman Catholic church in Istanbul, killing one person.
Turkish warplanes have carried out new airstrikes against suspected Kurdish militant sites in northern Iraq days after a suicide bomb attack in the Turkish capital.
Fierce rainstorms are battering neighboring Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria, causing at least seven deaths.
A Turkish official says authorities are working to understand how a former British officer who helped found the White Helmets volunteer aid group in Syria died. Turkish police believe he fell to his death and are investigating the circumstances. Istanbul governor Ali Yerlikaya told reporters Tuesday: "Our chief prosecutor's office, our police are engaged in multifaceted efforts to shed light on the incident." Le Mesurier was the founder and CEO of May Day Rescue, which established and trained the White Helmets, also known as the Syria Civil Defense, a group of local humanitarian volunteers. Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency reported he was 48 and had moved to Turkey with his wife four years ago.
