Turkey vows to cleanse Islamic State from its border after wedding attack kills 54

Reuters - August 20th, 2016

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Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek earlier said the attack was believed to have been carried out by a suicide bomber, while another ruling party politician said Islamic State militants were behind the attack.

The attack is the latest in a surge of violence this week in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast.

(Reporting by Tuvan Gumrukcu; writing by David Dolan, editing by G Crosse)

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