| According to Turkey's Kandilli earthquake observatory, the epicenter of the quake, which struck three miles underground at 4 32 a.m. local time, was 61 miles from the town of Elazig. |
| Early on Wednesday, police staged simultaneous raids in five provinces from Istanbul in the west to Elazig in eastern Turkey. |
| Born in the Kurdish-majority southeastern city of Elazig, Demirtas is the second-born in a family of seven children. |
| In Elazig, an eastern city, a mob attacked a Kurdish neighbourhood, raising the spectre of inter-communal violence. |
| Firat Electricity Distribution Corporation operates in a region covering the eastern provinces of Bingol, Elazig, Malatya and Tunceli. |
| A similar conference held in Elazig is raided by police. |
