Aydoğan

With the motive to divert the mind of children traumatized by the deadly Feb. 6 quakes, a painter has started to conduct painting events in the hotel where he is staying, encouraging children to participate and play with colors.

Painter Vahap Aydoğan, who has been an artist for 23 years, was in Şanlıurfa during the Feb. 6's quakes.

I arranged to meet Ela Aydogan and Cuneyt Yuzak at the main square in Kolonaki, central Athens. A Turkish couple had just bought an apartment on Karneadou Street and they were going to a bank to help the new homeowners to open an account. "It's the most time-consuming part of the job," said Yuzak.

Two jailed lawmakers from the opposition People's Democratic Party (HDP) were released by the courts in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır on April 21. 

HDP Diyarbakır deputy Nursel Aydoğan and Meral Danış Beştaş, another lawmaker from the southern province of Adana, are being tried over terror charges.