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The ninth stop of the Turkish Cultural Road Festival, organized in 16 cities this year by the Culture and Tourism Ministry to contribute to Türkiye's brand value, will be the northwestern province of Çanakkale.

Çanakkale will host a variety of events such as concerts, exhibitions, workshops, talks and gastronomy experiences for nine days during the festival from Aug. 31 to Sept. 8.

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The highest percentage of female shopkeepers by population is in the western province of Çanakkale, a recent report by the Confederation of Turkish Tradesmen and Craftsmen (TESK) has revealed.

Deniz Yücel, a German-Turkish journalist for Die Welt newspaper who has been under arrest since February, has married his fiancée in jail, daily Cumhuriyet has reported.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) lawmaker Şafak Pavey and Yücel's lawyer, Ferat Çağıl, also participated in the wedding ceremony between the journalist and Dilek Mayatürk in Silivri jail.  

'We Are Arrested: A Journalist's Notes from a Turkish Prison" by Can Dündar (Biteback, 297 pages, £15)

Renowned Turkish journalist Can Dündar launched a new Germany-based online news portal on Jan. 24, titled "Özgürüz" (We Are Free).

The date Jan. 24 was chosen to commemorate slain journalist Uğur Mumcu on the 24th anniversary of his assassination. 

The severe charges against journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül could further increase the already critical pressure that opposing voices face in the country, Dunja Mijatovi?, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said in a statement Jan. 28.

A Turkish prosecutor has summoned a prominent journalist over his remarks in an interview he recently conducted.

I do not know whether the inhabitants of Gülpinar know they are stepping on the ruins of an ancient city whose story is related to the small creatures that have brought havoc to their area since early antiquity: farm mice, the sminthos.