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Pianist Say offers to make peace with Turkish ambassadors after concert cancellation

Turkey’s renowned pianist Fazıl Say offered to make peace with Turkish ambassadors and other diplomats in a statement on Instagram concerning the cancellation of...

Book on history of Kurdistan banned by local court in Turkey

A book titled Kürdistan Tarihi (The History of Kurdistan) from the Avesta publishing house has been banned by a Turkish court, the Gazete Duvar...

Turkish farmer unearths fossilized jawbone of 8-million-year-old mammoth

A farmer in Yozgat province has found a fossilized jawbone that is thought to belong to an 8-million-year-old mammoth. Hasan Şenyurt, director of the Yozgat...

Urban transformation project ready to start in historic Kuzguncuk neighborhood

The İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality is ready to execute an urban transformation project in Üsküdar’s historic Kuzguncuk neighborhood, the Sözcü daily reported on Monday. The municipality...

Famous singer Zuhal Olcay gets suspended sentence for insulting Erdoğan

The İstanbul Regional Court’s 2nd Penal Chamber on Thursday handed down a suspended 11 month, 20 day sentence to famous pop singer Zuhal Olcay...

15-year jail sentence sought for coup movie director due to alleged Gülen links

Turkish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of up to 15 years for Ali Avcı, director of a movie about a failed coup attempt...

Famous pianist Say hints political pressure behind cancelation of concert

World-famous Turkish pianist Fazıl Say has hinted that “political pressure” was behind the cancelation by production firm Atlantis Yapım of a concert scheduled for...

Atatürk’s 1918 military headquarters found in Syria’s Afrin region

An old house used by the founding father of the modern Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, as a military headquarters has been discovered in...

UNESCO adds Turkey’s Göbeklitepe to World Heritage List

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) announced on Sunday that the ancient settlement of Göbeklitepe in Turkey’s Şanlıurfa province was inscribed...

Body of Czarist officer to go on display in Ardahan museum

The body of a Polish-born Czarist officer will go on display at a local museum in Turkey’s northeastern Ardahan province, along with the headstone...

Turkish court acquits hip hop artist Ezhel of all charges

Turkish rapper Ömer Sercan İpekçioğlu, popularly known as Ezhel, was acquitted of charges of encouraging drug use at the first hearing of his trial...

RTÜK starts to issue fines over English-language lyrics of pop songs

Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK) has started to fine Turkish TV stations over the English-language lyrics of pop songs they broadcast, Hürriyet...

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