The Turkish Defense Ministry on Friday confirmed that the military helicopter crash in the eastern Turkish province of Bitlis was most likely caused by a sudden change in weather conditions as there are no traces of explosion and fire at the crash site

Nine Turkish servicemen were killed and four were injured as a result of a military helicopter crash in eastern Turkey, the republic's defense ministry said in a statement

A magnitude-5.6 earthquake hit Turkey's Bingol province on Monday morning after a stronger earthquake overnight resulted in one fatality and 18 injuries, Turkey's emergencies ministry said

The Turkish military has launched in the country's eastern provinces the fifth stage of Operation Kiran, targeting the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which Ankara designates as a terrorist organization, the Turkish Ministry of Internal Affairs announced on Friday