Abdi İpekçi

Ogün Samast, the convicted perpetrator of the 2007 assassination of Armenian-origin journalist Hrant Dink, has applied to the court to have his name changed, local media has reported.

A recent court indictment has revealed that  Mehmet Ali Ağca, the killer of journalist Abdi İpekçi and the perpetrator of failed assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II changed his surname to "Aslan," meaning "lion" in English.

An Istanbul court used the new surname of Ağca during a trial in which he faced 15 years in prison for looting.

Prominent Journalist Abdi İpekçi, who died in an armed attack, was remembered on his 44th death anniversary with various ceremonies held to commemorate him on Feb. 1.

It has been 44 years since journalist İpekçi, the editor-in-chief and lead columnist of daily Millliyet, was killed an armed attack in front of his house in Istanbul's Şişli district.

Prominent Turkish journalist Sami Kohen, who is known as the man "who introduced the foreign news editing to Turkish media," has died at the age of 93 in Istanbul.

BELGRADE - Before the match between Galatasaray and Red Star in Turkey, supporters of Galatasaray in front of the "Abdi Ipekci" arena developed a banner with a map of "Greater Albania" as well as a strawberry pierced by a machete, reported Serbian daily "Kurir".

The Turkish gunman who attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II in 1981 has been detained in Italy after he paid a surprise visit to the late pope's tomb in St. Peter's Basilica.

BELGRADE - Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic told Tanjug on Friday that Turkish Ambassador to Belgrade Mehmet Bozay has informed him that K. A., a Turkish national, has been detained by police on suspicion of having killed Serbian sports supporter Marko Ivkovic.

ISTANBUL - Crvena Zvezda supporter Marko Ivkovic (25) was stabbed to death on Friday evening outside the sports arena in Istanbul where the Serbian basketball team played its Euroleague match against local Galatasaray.