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The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has appealed to the Constitutional Court for the annulment of a law regarding the handling of stray dogs.

"We have submitted our 183-page appeal to the high court after meticulous work with all the relevant parties, including civil society," CHP deputy leader Gökhan Günaydın said on Aug. 15 after he submitted the appeal.

In the wake of the controversial new bill on stray animals, which has sparked a disturbing increase in mass killings of strays, politicians from across the spectrum are raising their voices against the pervasive cruelty.

Around 1 million students out of the nearly 3 million who appeared in the university entrance exams have become eligible to enroll in universities for the forthcoming academic year, with 10 students getting flawless scores in their respective fields.

Six more provinces, including Bingöl, Kayseri, Mardin, Tunceli, Niğde and Batman, have been declared as disaster zone as they were damaged in the Feb. 6 earthquakes, the country's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) has announced.

Turkey's Niğde province, home to many civilizations such as the Hittites, Romans, Seljuks, Karamanoğlu, and Ottomans, awaits its visitors with its natural and cultural heritage. (AA Photo)

Turkey brought back a total of 1,286 of its nationals from four African nations and Arab countries on April 26 as part of its ongoing repatriation efforts for Ramadan amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Some 207 Turkish nationals returning from Somalia and Djibouti on a special Turkish Airlines flight arrived at Turkey's Nevşehir-Kapadokya Airport.

More than 60,000 Turkish citizens have been brought back home from around the world during the novel coronavirus pandemic, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said.

"Until today, we have brought more than 60,000 of our citizens home," Çavuşoğlu said in a tweet on late April 25.

Turkey evacuated 2,043 citizens on April 21 from all over the world amid the coronavirus pandemic.

At the instruction of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and in coordination with the Foreign Ministry, Turkey decided to bring back nearly 25,000 citizens before the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

Another 571 Turkish citizens were placed under a 14-day quarantine on March 26 after being brought back from abroad amid the spread of the novel coronavirus.

A ro-ro ship carried 25 truck drivers from Ukraine to Karasu Port in Sakarya province. They were transferred to an evacuated dormitory in the province after their first health check.

A total of 1,797 irregular migrants were held across Turkey over the past week, according to data compiled by Anadolu Agency from security sources.

As many as 1,233 migrants were held in multiple operations carried out by gendarmerie forces in the northwestern Edirne, Kırklareli and Tekirdağ provinces, bordering Greece and Bulgaria.