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Turkish director Can Ulkay's feature film "Ayla" will be Turkey's Oscar entry for next year's Oscars. 

According to information made by the Artistic Events Commission (SEK), a selective committee of 17 persons, including the Culture and Tourism Ministry officials and cinema professionals, evaluated 13 films and selected "Ayla" for the 90th Academy Awards to be held on March 4, 2018. 

The EU should change its Turkey strategy as it can longer "shrug" at Ankara's behavior, European Commissioner for Enlargement Johannes Hahn told Süddeutsche Zeitung in an interview published late on Aug. 21. 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has welcomed the release of a German writer detained in Spain on a Turkish warrant and criticized Turkey for "abusing" Interpol.

Doğan Akhanlı, who writes about Turkey's human rights record, was detained on Aug. 19 while on holiday in Granada on an Interpol red notice, similar to an international arrest warrant, from Ankara.

A new jazz event in Bodrum, We Jazz Bodrum, will kick off on the second day of the Ramadan holiday on June 26 before continuing in various spots in the western town throughout summer. 

The first concert of the event will be given by world famous Moroccan singer Hindi Zahra at the Bodrum Ancient Theater. 

Swedish director Ruben Ostlund's The Square has won this year's Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival on May 28.      

Armenian leader Sargsyan attends the Moscow premier of Turkish-German director Ak?n's 'The Cut' amid fresh exchange of words on 1915 events Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan attended Jan. 30 the Moscow premier of ?The Cut,? the latest movie from Turkish-German filmmaker Fatih Ak?n which  centers on an Armenian father who travels from the 1915 Ottoman Empire to the U.S.

“The Cut,” Turkish-German director Fatih Akın’s new movie based on the 1915 events, made its long-anticipated world premiere at the 71st Venice Film Festival earlier this week. The film has received a mixed response from critics so far, but Akın says it has “fulfilled its purpose.” 

Turkish-German director Fatih Akın’s recent film “The Cut,” which takes the Ottoman killings of Armenians in 1915 as its starting point, is one of the films competing for the coveted Golden Lion award at the 71st Venice Film Festival.

Turkish-German director Fatih Akın’s recent film “The Cut” is one of the films competing for the coveted Golden Lion award at the 71st Venice Film Festival.

Turkish cinema has become a regular fixture at the Venice International Film Festival since 2008, following a nearly decade-long stupor. This year, acclaimed Turkish-German director Fatih Akın will compete for the Golden Lion with ‘The Cut,’ while newcomer Kaan Müjdeci’s ‘Sivas’ is in the lineup for the Future of the Lion award.