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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the Turkish people "have not, and will not give in to those trying to confine us to shallow waters."

The chief public prosecutor's office in the capital Ankara has initiated a resolute investigation into individuals who posted on the social networking site Ekşi Sözlük about the killing of 12 Turkish soldiers by the PKK in northern Iraq.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has marked the centenary of the Turkish Republic on Oct. 29, declaring the dawn of what he calls the "Century of Türkiye."

As the Turkish Republic turned 100 on Oct. 29, millions of Turkish citizens enthusiastically participated in various commemorative events spanning from meters-long flag marches to captivating displays and colorful events across every corner of the nation to mark a landmark anniversary.

The stories of Türkiye's 20 most-respected women, from Afet İnan, one of the first history professors, to Nüzhet Gökdoğan, the founder of modern astronomy in the country, have converged in the "Pioneer Women of the Republic" exhibition.

Turks gathered to pay their tributes to fallen soldiers in the northwestern province of Çanakkale on the 108th anniversary of Anafartalar Victory, marked with a ceremony in Conkbayırı located on the historic Gelibolu Peninsula.

A large number of protocol members and guests also attended the ceremony held in front of the Atatürk Monument on Aug. 10.

Türkiye marked the 2,232nd anniversary of the foundation of the Turkish Land Forces Command with a statement on the National Defense Ministry's social media account.

The Turkish runoff elections and the expected, yet not triumphant, win of Recep Tayyip Erdogan frame the state's future for the next several decades, bypassing the normative re-elected president's five-year electoral term.

Sinan Oğan from Ata Alliance, who received 5 percent of the votes in the first round of the presidential elections, is expected to announce his decision of who he will extend his support to in the upcoming presidential runoff on May 22.

In Ankara, it is the building of the first parliament in which the Grand National Assembly of Turkey was founded on April 23, 1920. Today, it serves as the War of Independence Museum. A visit to Anitkabir, where the Ataturk mausoleum is located, is a must when visiting the Turkish capital.