Alptekin

Turkish Olympic gold medalist Asl? Çak?r Alptekin was offered to bribe two sons of International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) former president Lamine Diack to whitewash her positive doping test in late 2012, according to a second report by the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) independent commission report revealed Jan.

Olympic champion Asl? Çak?r Alptekin, who was stripped of her 1,500-meter title and handed an eight-year ban for blood doping on Aug. 17, has denied any wrongdoing.

?No banned substance has been found in the samples I gave during competitions, including the 2012 London Olympics, and the off season,? Alptekin said Aug. 21 in a written statement. 

Olympic champion Asli Çak?r Alptekin has agreed to give up her 1,500-meter title and serve an 8-year ban for blood doping, dealing another blow to track and field.

A 65-year-old villager in the ?znik district of Turkey's northwestern Bursa province cried over a decision to cut down around thousand olive trees along a seven-kilometer route in order to install a natural gas pipeline.