Ali Öztürk

Hollywood star Jason Statham, who has been in the country for the shooting of a new movie named "Five Eyes" by famous director Guy Ritchie, has left the Mediterranean province of Antalya after a two-month stay.

An Istanbul court trying 62 soldiers on allegations that they raided Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport on the night of the July 15, 2016, coup conducted its first trial on Jan. 23 in the absence of 34 on-duty soldiers who are currently participating in Turkey's Euphrates Shield operation in northern Syria. 

Turkey, not a regular contender in many Olympic branches, as was seen in Rio this summer, won its first Olympic gold medal in a team competition at the Paralympic Games in goalball on Sept. 16, spreading pride across the nation. 

Notorious Turkish mafia leader Alaattin Çak?c? received no punishment after beating two prison officials, who suffered broken bones during the incident, a recent investigation has revealed. 

Three police officers who were killed in attacks by outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants over the weekend in southeastern Turkey have been laid to rest.

Soner Y?ld?r?m, 24, a police officer killed by PKK militants on Sept. 13 in southeastern ??rnak province, was laid to rest in the Black Sea province of Trabzon on Sept. 14.