Ramazan

Six people died and 34 were injured when a tour bus crashed into barricades and overturned in the central Anatolian province of Aksaray on Oct. 18.

The accident occurred on the Aksaray-Ankara route at around 7 a.m.

The bus, carrying 44 passengers, departed from the western province of Balıkesir and was en route to the Cappadocia region.

Eight suspects have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of the vice principal of a high school in the northwestern city of Kocaeli, including the perpetrator.

Mahir Çoğaç, 45, was attacked while preparing to leave for work around 9 a.m. on June 26 in the Çayırova district.

Victims of Friday's armed attack outside a supermarket in the capital's port of Piraeus are reportedly linked to 29-year-old Turkish crime boss Ramazan B., arrested in May in Athens. Ramazan is accused of leading a criminal organization involved in arms and drug trafficking.

Roses, a quintessential symbol of Isparta's heritage for over 185 years and an important raw material for the cosmetics industry, have blossomed ahead of schedule this year.

Due to favorable weather conditions, the flowers began to bloom a full month earlier than anticipated, prompting producers to commence their collection efforts.

As part of cost-saving measures implemented in the ministries and other official institutions, 69 police officers responsible for the protection of senior officials in the Interior Ministry have been relieved of their duties, and two security vehicles assigned to Minister Ali Yerlikaya have been withdrawn.

American medical journals have featured a case from the northwestern province of Bursa, where a screw used in a dental implant procedure became lodged in the patient's jawbone and advanced towards the brain.

Ramazan Yılmaz, a 40-year-old resident of Bursa, found himself in a harrowing ordeal after seeking treatment for tooth pain.

Muslims worldwide and in Bulgaria celebrate Ramazan Bayramı also known as Eid al-Fitr - one of the two major holidays in Islam. It signifies the conclusion of the holy month of Ramadan, during which fasting occurs from sunrise to sunset.

Now that the sweetest holiday has started, it's time for sweets of all kinds, all to go along with little cups of bitter Turkish coffee. The true essence of the Ramadan holiday is an endless chain of visits, and serving coffee with sweet morsels of delight is a must.

Turkey has increased the number of repatriation centers, expanding the capacity of those facilities to accommodate 20,000 people.

The capacity of the repatriation centers scattered across the European Union countries is only 16,000.

Most residences and businesses without power in Turkey's southwestern province of Isparta have had their power supplies restored after days of outages caused by a massive snowstorm.