Erzurum

I first noticed just how widespread the use of drugs in schools has become in Turkey when I did a news story on the subject two years ago.

That's when members of the "Let's Meet in a Sober Life" (AYBUDER) association, who all struggle with drug-addicted relatives, started a non-stop protest period to make their voice heard.

Traditional bullfighting, which has been ongoing for 200 years in the eastern Black Sea province of Artvin, will be held for the first time nationally under name "Turkey's Bullfighting Championship" on Aug. 13.

A forest fire which broke out in four different spots around Mount Ida (Kazdağları) in the Edremit district of the western province of Balıkesir on Aug. 9 may have been caused by arson, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Turkey's wildlife has been damaged by fires that erupted throughout the summer days as the cities and agricultural areas were hit by floods in more than 12 cities in just one week.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP)'s "justice march" from Ankara to Istanbul is continuing amid an escalating war of words between party chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and the government, with Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım blasting the march as "non-national."

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has once again slammed the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu's 350-km "justice march" from Ankara to Istanbul, describing it as a "non-national march". 

Three soldiers were killed in two separate attacks by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the southeastern province of Hakkari and the eastern province of Erzurum on June 17.

U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, the chief suspect behind Turkey's July 2016 military coup attempt, had the appeal against the removal of his official passport denied on May 25, a judicial official has said.        

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on May 23 ruled that freedom of expression was breached in the case of the seizure of a draft novel written by a prisoner in the eastern Turkish province of Erzurum in 2004.

Turkish anti-terror teams continued operations against four outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the northeastern province of Trabzon's Maçka district on May 18, after the militants killed a specialized sergeant on May 16 during a previous operation.