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US set to assist investigators in Sinan Ateş murder

The United States is preparing to assist Turkish investigators in the case of Sinan Ateş, the former head of the ultra-nationalist Grey Wolves group, daily Hürriyet reported on Dec. 11.

An Ankara court has formally requested judicial assistance from the U.S. to compel Apple to provide the passwords of two defendants, Serdar Öktem and Mustafa Ensar Aykal, the newspaper said.

Suspicious object prompts police bomb squad investigation in downtown Athens

A security alert was triggered on Wednesday in downtown Athens following the discovery of a suspicious item on Mitropoleos Street.

The object, identified as a briefcase, was found at a courier company where an unidentified individual deposited the package using a scooter before vanishing from the scene.

180° Announces Open-call for Short Mute Movie

For a third year "180° - laboratory for innovative art" announces open-call for short mute movies. This year's topic is "elements" and we are very curious to see your vision on it. All the chosen videos will be presented in our event on 23.07.2018 and the musicians of 180° Ensemble will improvise its sounding and music live. In the end the audience of 180° will choose the winner.

Google and Apple Report Jump in Requests for User Data

US government requests to Google for individuals' data reached a six-year high in the first half of 2017, the company says.

A report published last week said the country had sought details about 48,902 accounts - 24% more than over the last six months of 2016.

Apple reported a 62% jump in the number of user account requests from the US over the same period - 6,407 in total.

'Pirate' Wikipedia launched in Turkey after access ban

A "pirate" website for the online encyclopedia Wikipedia has been launched in Turkey, five months after the website was banned in the country.

With its domain name registered in the capital Ankara, the mirror website "www.turkcewikipedia.org" contains all the content of Wikipedia in both English and Turkish.

Hackers steal 3,000 images from Pippa Middleton

Photographs of the Duchess of Cambridge and her children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, are reportedly among 3,000 images stolen from Kate Middleton’s sister by computer hackers.
The images, taken from an Apple iCloud storage account belonging to Pippa Middleton, were offered to reporters by an anonymous seller via WhatsApp, the Daily Mail reported.