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A former professor at Ege University in Turkey’s Aegean city of İzmir will enter jail on Nov. 27 to serve his two-year sentence for preventing a female student with a headscarf from entering the faculty building, becoming the first individual to be sentenced according to the law.

A new project titled “The World’s Largest Museum: Turkey,” which includes a book, photography exhibition and a documentary film, was launched over the weekend at the Istanbul Archaeology Museums.

The project was initiated jointly by the Culture and Tourism Ministry, the Turkish Travel Agencies Union (TÜRSAB) Museums Initiatives, and the Bilkent Cultural Initiatives.

At least 25 officers have been detained in raids conducted as part of an investigation led by the İzmir Prosecutor’s Office over wiretapping claims.

At least 20 officers have been detained in raids conducted as part of an investigation led by the İzmir Prosecutor’s Office over wiretapping claims.

A marine biologist says that his university does not know the whereabouts of a dead two-headed dolphin photographed on a beach in western Turkey.
     
Mehmet Gökoğlu said on Aug. 12 that, based on photos, the mammal appears to be conjoined dolphins.
     

The excessive rise in housing prices in Istanbul despite a property boom concerns sector representatives, who warn against a real estate crisis that may spill over to other cities, a new Economic Outlook report released by the main opposition party has said.

Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Ministry has initiated a new project to revive the fortunes of the country’s museums and ancient sites by seeking to emulate some of the world’s leading cultural spaces.

The heads of Baptist churches from 120 countries gathered in the Aegean province of İzmir for a congress on “religious tourism” July 8.

Around 600 national and international guests attended the first session of “Religious Tourism Meeting of Civilizations” in Turkey, where the main topic of discussion centered on the importance of religious tourism.

Turkey's western province of Istanbul, the largest city in the country, is boosting national exports by providing nearly half of the country's foreign trade, according to the Turkish Exporters' Assembly.
 

A heavy penal court in the Aegean city of Ä°zmir has ruled for release of all 10 detainees in a military espionage case in which 357 suspects are charged with espionage.