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| Ankara bans public gatherings amid terror alert |
| 2016-10-18 |
| [IsraelTimes] Governorate warns residents of Turkish capital that ’banned terror organizations preparing actions in our province’ The Turkish capital Ankara on Monday banned all public gatherings and demonstrations until the end of November after receiving information about potential terror attacks, the governor’s office said. The Ankara governorate said in a statement that all such meetings had been prohibited until November 30, in line with the state of emergency imposed in the wake of the failed July 15 coup. It said that the decision was taken "to ensure people’s safety and public order." The governorate, which is responsible for security throughout the capital and the wider province, said it had received intelligence "that banned terror organizations were preparing actions in our province." Without naming which organizations, it said that the groups were thought to have been planning attacks on meetings and public demonstrations. The capital has been hit repeatedly over the last 12 months by attacks blamed on jihadists and Kurdish Death Eaters. |
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