According to AFP, thirty Kurdish PKK fighters destroyed their weapons at the brief ceremony in a cave. "As a gesture of goodwill, a number of PKK fighters, who took part in fighting Turkish forces in recent years, will destroy or burn their weapons in a ceremony," a PKK commander told AFP on July 1, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The crackdown tightens Erdogan's two-decade grip on power at a time that Turkey's influence in the Middle East and Europe has grown. For this reason, diplomats and analysts say, it has garnered only muted criticism from Western allies as a threat to democracy even as street protests erupted in the spring.

Turkish central bank Governor Fatih Karahan said policymakers are closely watching deposit preferences among local savers, signaling officials are likely to approach potential interest-rate cuts cautiously.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) faces a wave of charges of corruption, insulting officials and terrorism links that has left hundreds of its members and municipal workers, including 14 mayors, detained or jailed.

Turkey is one of the world's fastest-growing power markets, and exporters of natural gas and LNG have eyed the country as a key potential growth market. But rapid expansions to Turkey's clean power supplies may leave them disappointed.

Ruby Khan, 30, went to Turkey for a procedure but she died when her heart rate spiked when the surgeon carried out part of the procedure - it was her first surgery

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Turkey has raised the withholding tax on short-term Turkish lira deposits and investment funds by 2.5 percentage points, a move economists said was aimed at boosting budget revenues and curbing dollarisation.