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A sniffer dog named Volta has retired after serving for ten years in the gendarmerie forces in the western province of Manisa.

The Pointer breed dog's carrier in the gendarmerie forces began in 2011.

Volta assisted the local anti-smuggling and organized crime squad in the province of Manisa in 2016.

Eighty schools in the country's east damaged during an earthquake on Jan. 25 have been closed and the buildings will be demolished, Turkish Education Minister Ziya Selçuk has said.
"All schools in the earthquake-region were controlled and the decision to demolish 80 of them has been taken," Selçuk said on Feb. 2 in an interview with Kanal 7.

A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey's western Manisa province on Jan. 22, according to Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD).       

Ahmet Deniz, the governor of the province, said there are reports that some buildings were damaged but no casualties have been reported so far.       

Only four people were reportedly injured.       

The suspects in Turkey's worst-ever mine disaster denied responsibility for the 2014 accident during the fifth hearing on April 20, precipitating anger among the families of the 301 victims in the courthouse.

A municipal inspector, who had himself carried by farmers in the Aegean province of Manisa as he was visiting a neighborhood to determine damage caused by snow, has been suspended, according to a statement released by the municipality.