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The imam of an Ankara mosque has been suspended after he allegedly started a Ponzi scheme, through which he stole around 7 million Turkish Liras (2.4 million euros).

A person whose words will be respected in the East as much as in the West, embodying the tradition of the Ottoman Empire and the modernism of the Republic Since the moment his name dropped into the political sphere, the former secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr. Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu is the most searched and tweeted figure in Turkey.

Some 750 youths under the age of 18 joined the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) forces in one year, according to a fresh report by a police agency.

The 2013-2014 art season in Turkey hosted the highest number of art lovers ever, according to State Opera and Ballet (DOB) General Arts Director Rengim Gökmen.

“Ankara DOB has already broken the record for audiences. It equalized its own record in İzmir, Istanbul, Mersin, Antalya and Samsun, too. When the season is finished, a record will be broken,” said Gökmen.