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The famous yacht Savarona, which hosted modern Türkiye founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in the final years of his life, has been launched into the sea following the completion of maintenance and repair activities.

As the Muslim holy month of Ramadan approaches, mosques across Istanbul are gearing up for the spiritual occasion by adorning their minarets with illuminated messages known as mahyas, a tradition dating back centuries.

The third İzmir International Meeting of Mediterranean Cinemas (MEDCINE) will be held between Nov. 8 and 13. Within the scope of the festival, films from 20 Mediterranean countries will be on the screen.

In the investigation into the mine blast which claimed the lives of 41 workers in the northern province of Bartın's Amasra district, the prosecutor's office demanded a prison sentence of 1,080 years for each of the four executives.

Only hours before the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, mahyas were hung in significant mosques of Turkey's northwest cities such as Istanbul, Edirne and Bursa, which once served as Ottoman capitals.

Turkey's General Directorate of Foundations continued the hundreds of year old tradition of hanging mahyas to significant mosques this year as well.

At least eight patients were killed on Dec. 19 when an oxygen machine caused a fire in a private hospital in the southeastern Gaziantep province, the hospital confirmed.

The interparty parliamentary panel tasked with drafting a new constitution, also known as the "constitutional commission," lasted only three sessions. "This commission has ended." ?smail Kahraman, the speaker of the parliament allegedly said in that ill-fated last meeting. These reports have not been refuted, so I assume they reflect reality.

The ruling and main opposition parties have traded accusations over the dissolving of an inter-party parliamentary panel tasked with drafting a new constitution after just three sessions. The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) left the table on Feb.

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has set a six-month calendar for the work of a parliamentary panel tasked with drafting a new constitution, with Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu voicing his determination to produce a constitution aimed at transitioning to a presidential system.

The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has named three lawmakers to represent the party in a parliamentary commission to be tasked with drafting a new constitution, with party leader Devlet Bahçeli underlining their aspirations of strengthening the current parliamentary system.