Gazi University

An unofficial Turkish delegation arrived in Crimea and began meetings on April 29 in order to examine alleged human rights violations against Crimean Tatars. A route offered by Russia, which has symbolic significance owing to the Russian annexation of Crimea, won out as the travel plan of the delegation despite the recent diplomatic row between Moscow and Ankara.

Sabanc? Foundation Turkey?s Changemakers Program is continuing to share the unique stories of extraordinary people who contribute to social development in the country. The 10th Changemaker of the program?s 6th season is Süleyman Akbulut.

What would you do if your life changed in just one night in your early 20s?

Daily Cumhuriyet reporter Bark?n ??k, who specialized in the defense sector, has been found dead at his home in the Turkish capital Ankara.  

The 39-year-old father of one left his 18-month child with his mother-in-law, who lives in a flat upstairs in the same building, on Feb. 4. Later in the day, ??k?s relatives discovered his dead body at his home, Cumhuriyet reported.

Always at odds ideologically, Turkish leftists and nationalists have dared each other once more to start a new war, but instead of the hot conflicts of the 1970s, the two sides have launched hostilities in a new "cold war," as they make the best of the current wintry weather.

A university in Ankara has opened a controversial poster competition to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1915 incidents from an unexpected perspective - “to remember the genocide committed by Armenians against Turks.”

A controversial environmental assessment report for the Akkuyu nuclear plant in the southern province of Mersin has vowed to protect Mediterranean monk seals and loggerhead sea turtles living in the sea near the plant, the water of which will be used to cool the plant’s reactors.