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Istanbul  – Turkish firefighters on Tuesday found the bodies of eight murder victims in a house in the southern city of Adana.

Ankara  – Four Kurdish separatist militants have been killed in clashes with Turkish troops in south-east Turkey, the Dogan news agency reported on Saturday.

Istanbul  – Shakhtar Donetsk won their first European title by beating German side Werder Bremen 2-1 after extra time in the UEFA Cup final Wednesday in Istanbul’s Sukru Saracoglu Stadium.

Istanbul  – Brazilians Luiz Adriano and Jadson proved the match-winners for Shakhtar Donetsk to give the Ukrainian side its first European title on Wednesday.

Ankara – Turkey’s new foreign minister has ruled out Turkey accepting anything but full membership of the European Union, Turkish newspapers reported on Friday.

Ankara  – Turkish military police have arrested eight people following Monday night’s shooting at a wedding in the south-east of the country in which at least 44 people were killed, officials said Tuesday.

Lueneburg, Germany – German prosecutors said Monday they had closed their file on a teenager who was held for 247 days in Turkish pre-trial custody for the alleged statutory rape of a 13-year-old British girl.

Ankara – Turkey on Monday started its first-ever joint military training exercise with neighbouring Syria, the Turkish General Staff confirmed to the German Presse Agency dpa. The small-scale training exercises focussed on border protection and will last until Wednesday, said a spokesman for the General Staff.

Berlin – The German government opened an office in Berlin Thursday to educate the country’s ethnic Turkish minority on issues such as saving energy, sorting refuse for recycling, and nature conservation. The Turkish German Environmental Centre is to offer brochures and also provide a venue for environmentalists and the minority to meet.

Ankara  – Turkey and Armenia have agreed on a road map to normalize relations the Turkish Foreign Ministry announced late Wednesday night.