A police helicopter flies over a member of security forces near a courthouse in Mugla, western Turkey, on February 20, 2017 (AFP Photo/Bulent KILIC)

Istanbul (AFP) - A Turkish police helicopter crashed on Tuesday in a mountainous region in the east of the country, killing 12 people on board including police officers and a judge, the interior minister said. The Sikorsky helicopter, whose passengers included seven policemen, one judge and one non-commissioned officer, crashed at around 0840 GMT in the eastern province of Tunceli, the governor's office said earlier in a statement.
A police Sikorsky S-70 helicopter crashes in Tunceli Province, Turkey, killing 12 people.