Turkic language spoken by the Uyghur people.
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A Turkish veterinary official in a protective suit tries to collect poultry in the eastern Turkish town of Dogubayazit.
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Protesters have attacked police with petrol bombs and fire crackers in the Kurdish populated, south- eastern Turkish town of Cizre on Syrian border.
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At 13:41pm on Sunday, October 23 an earthquake measuring 7.2 magnitude hit the eastern Turkish province of Van.
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Turkey had previously been informed the plane, which was forced to land in the eastern Turkish city of Erzurum, would be carrying humanitarian aid.
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Three soldiers were killed in a suicide bomb attack on a police station in the eastern Turkish province of Tunceli today, security sources said.
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The south- eastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir is preparing for war, converting underground shopping galleries into makeshift bunkers in case of a chemical attack by Iraq.
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The earthquake struck only weeks after a 6.0 magnitude earthquake killed dozens of people near the eastern Turkish city of Elazig.
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ISTANBUL, May 25 (Reuters) - An explosion occurred in the eastern Turkish province of Van on Tuesday, injuring several people, state-run Anatolian news agency reported.