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A YPG/PKK terrorist was held in the town of Al-Bab in northern Syria on Jan. 24, an official statement said.

Local security forces continue their efforts to uncover the terrorist group's activities, the governor's office in southeastern Turkey's Gaziantep province said.

Turkey has suspended entries from the U.K after detecting 15 cases of a new and more contagious variant of COVID-19 in travelers from Britain.

Around 11.5 million people visited 32 museums and historical sites in Turkey through the government's digital platform, the top culture and tourism official said on Dec. 22.

The ministry unveiled the digital portal of museums and historical sites at the end of March after the COVID-19 outbreak, which hit the tourism industry hard.

Turkish athlete Göksu Üçtaş Şanlı won the silver medal in seniors' floor in the Women's Artistic Gymnastics 2020 European Championships in the Mediterranean province of Mersin on Dec. 20.

Şanlı racked up a total of 13,100 points to come in second in the seniors final.

Those who threaten Turkey with sanctions will end up disappointed, the nation's president said on Dec. 19.

"We are determined to put across that Turkey will never hesitate to use its sovereign rights," Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said at a highway opening.

An investigation has been launched into a fire at a private hospital in the southeastern province of Gaziantep that killed at least 11 patients in a COVID-19 intensive care unit.

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said the fire that occurred on Dec. 19 was caused by a high-flow oxygen therapy machine used to treat coronavirus patients.

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 EU must discard the pressure it is facing from Greece and the Greek Cypriot administration, Turkey's president said on Dec. 12.

It is extremely wrong for Turkey's relations with the EU to be captive to the tricks of one or two states, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a video link address at the opening ceremony of the Manisa-Akhisar Highway in western Turkey.

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake was recorded in Turkey's eastern Malatya province on Nov. 27, according to the country's disaster management agency.

The tremor occurred at a depth of 6.94 kilometers (4.3 miles) in the Pütürge district at 11:27 a.m. local time (0827GMT), the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said.

Turkey's International Migration Film Festival will start on June 14. 

The opening and closing ceremonies of the festival will be held in a real-time 3D virtual studio which offers the closest image to a photo reality.

So for the first time in the world, an international event will meet the audience with "augmented reality."