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Bomb Explosion in Mardin, One Person Killed

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One civilian has been killed and four injured in an explosion that went off in a house in Mardin’s Nusaybin district. According to a report by DHA, the attack was carried out by the PKK. DİHA have reported that four people, among them the landlord, have been taken into custody

One person has been killed in an explosion in Mardin’s Nusaybin district. Mehmet Saik Malak, 48, had gone to the Yenişehir neighborhood, which is under curfew, to collect belongings from a house there.

The neighborhood had been closed off with a wire fence. Malak and four others had wanted to take some belongings from the house, which is on Çağ Street. Whilst he was taking the belongings from the bottom floor of the house, an explosive hidden among them went off. Malak was killed and the four others injured. According to a report by DHA, the explosive device was a trap left by the PKK.

Dicle News Agency, however, said it was not clear who was behind the explosion. According to its report, four people including the landlord were taken into custody after the incident and brought to the District Police Headquarters.

According to DHA’s report Malak had come from Syria and taken Turkish citizenship. He had six children.

A curfew was declared on 14 March in order to raze the barricades and ditches constructed by the PKK in Nusaybin, but was lifted in 12 neighborhoods on 25 July. The curfew is still in place in the neighborhoods of Abdulkadir Paşa, Fırat, Dicle, Yenişehir, Zeynel Abidin and Kışla. (EA/DG)

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POST JULY 15 COUP ATTEMPT SUSPENSIONS: 690 Staff Including 533 Academics Suspended at 17 Universities

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After YÖK’s (Council of Higher Education)  statement declaring “legal action to be taken against academic and administrative staff in parallel state formation”, the suspensions are continuing.

By July 21, 553 academics and 137 administrative personnel have been suspended in total since the beginning of investigations.

Adnan Menderes University: 19 academics, 11 administrative staff have been suspended.

Atatürk University: 11 academics have been taken into custody and suspended.

Afyon Kocatepe University: 40 academics, 16 administrative staff have been suspended.

Bülent Ecevit University: 20 academics, 11 administrative staff have been suspended.

Celal Bayar University: 84 academics, 18 administrative staff have been suspended.

Düzce University: Seven more academics have been suspended. In total 16 academics have been suspended.

Erciyes University: 16 academics have been suspended.

Hakkari University: 12 personnel have been suspended.

Karabük University: 20 academics, six administrative staff have been suspended.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University: Nine academics and two administrative staff have been suspended.

Niğde University: 181 staff including 124 administrative staff have been suspended.

Sakarya University: 34 more academics have been suspended. In total 45 academics have been suspended.

Abant İzzet Baysal University: 30 academics and four administrative staff.

Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University: Six academics including the former rector of university Sedat Laçiner have been suspended.

Uşak University: Nine academics have been suspended. (SG/BK/UA)