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Pilot killed in military plane crash in central Turkey

A Turkish pilot was killed when a military plane crashed on April 7 in central Turkey, according to the National Defense Ministry.

"An NF-5 aircraft belonging to our Air Force, which was on a training flight in [central] Konya, suffered an accident at 14:15 [1115 GMT] for an unknown reason," the ministry said on Twitter.

Women revolutionizing Istanbul’s public transportation

Women are putting their mark on Istanbul's public transportation, as the number of women drivers working at the Istanbul Metro has risen to 99 out of the total 772.

Carrying commuters all day and working underground in different shifts, women metro drivers strictly oppose being called "vatman," a word of French origin, which means tram drivers, representing male workers.

Struggling father builds wooden physiotherapy tool for son in central Turkey

A father living in the Central Anatolian province of Niğde has built a physiotherapy tool from wood to try to treat his son, who is suffering from cerebral palsy, due to financial difficulties.
 
Furkan Çakmak, 40, followed videos on the Internet to find out how to make physiotherapy tools at home using wood and iron, in order to help his eight-year-old son Ali İhsan walk better.