In soccer Turkey and its supporters have been celebrating its entry into the semi-finals of the European Championships to be played against Germany in Basel next Wednesday.
Turkey made it through on Friday evening by beating Croatia in a penalty shoot-out in their quarter-final in Vienna. Germany had already advanced by beating Portugal 3-2 on Thursday. Across Turkey says over 150 PKK rebels killed ...
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Turkish army attacks PKK targets in Iraq ... Germany residents of Turkish origin partied far into the night. Overshadowing Friday's match were clashes in Mostar in Bosnia-Herzegovina between Bosnian Croat fans backing Croatia and Bosnian-Muslim fans backing Turkey. Police used teargas to separate the groups. Dozens of injured, including four policemen, were treated in hospital. In Vienna, police arrested 12 people amid scuffles between Turkish and rival Croat fans.
(Deutsche Welle)
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