Ankara

Two men who were detained on Dec. 30, 2015, on suspicions that they were going to detonate themselves on New Year's Eve in Ankara on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were reportedly receiving orders from a man identified as "Ebu Enes," according to police.

Members of the G-9 Journalists Platform have started a campaign to send letters to 32 journalists jailed in Turkey, including daily Cumhuriyet Editor-in-Chief Can Dündar and Ankara Bureau Chief Erdem Gül.

Farmers in the Beypazar? district of Ankara have complained Kurdish agricultural workers left the town after being attacked and said that they will resort to Syrian refugees as workers to prevent their harvests from rotting in the field.

A number of anti-terror marches in Turkey turned violent late Sept. 8, with ultranationalist protesters attacking the headquarters of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in Ankara, as well as its office in another Central Anatolian province.

Cüneyt Arcayürek, a veteran Turkish journalist, died on June 23 due to multiple organ failure. He was 87.

A lead columnist for daily Cumhuriyet, Arcayürek had been under treatment in a private hospital in Ankara since May 13. He will be laid to rest in the Gölba?? district of Ankara on June 25, without a funeral ceremony according to his bequest.

Turkish President Erdo?an is holding a surprise meeting with Deniz Baykal, the former head of the Republican People?s Party (CHP), on the morning of June 10, before Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu starts talks for a new government following the June 7 general election, official sources have told Hürriyet Daily News.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an called on his supporters to vote in the country?s general elections scheduled on June 7, during an address in the Gölba?? district of Ankara on June 5.

The main opposition Republican People?s Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu said May 22 nobody, including Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu, could say that the CHP?s latest proposed project is wrong, adding that Davuto?lu would have done the project if he had previously written about it, as Davuto?lu has claimed.

The Sabanc? Foundation?s Turkey?s Changemakers Program continues in its 6th season to share the unique stories of extraordinary people who contribute to social development. The 8th Changemaker of the 6th season is Mustafa Bekta?.

An Ankara court has ruled to block the Twitter and Facebook accounts of notorious whistleblower Fuat Avni, who has revealed the details of a number of police and judicial operations before they happened through social media.