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Turkey's prominent poet, writer and intellectual Sezai Karakoç passed away on Nov. 16, the country's presidential spokesperson announced on social media. He was 88.

A stash of cutting and piercing tools that are believed to have belonged to former inmates has been discovered in the capital Ankara's notorious Ulucanlar Prison during the restoration work of a 135-year-old fountain located in front of the complex.

The face of the leader of the Turkish Cypriot peoples' struggle Fazıl Küçük has been printed on a special souvenir euro note to pay tribute to him.

Turkish composer and pianist Fazıl Say on Aug. 18 performed a recital on the scene of a deforested area in Turkey's northwestern province of Çanakkale in protest against deforestation for the construction of a cyanide gold mine by a Canadian company.

Internationally-renowned Turkish pianist and composer Fazıl Say performed alongside the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra at the closure of the Istanbul Music Festival on June 30.

A weekend concert by famed Turkish pianist Fazıl Say in the Turkish capital Ankara had the distinguished audience of the nation's president and a visiting U.S. senator.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended a literary award ceremony on Dec. 21 in Istanbul in the memory of Turkish poet and philosopher Necip Fazıl Kısakürek.

Turkish composer and pianist Fazıl Say will perform "İzmir Suite," a piece he composed in dedication to the 150th anniversary of the İzmir Metropolitan Municipality, for the first time on Oct. 30 at the Ahmed Adnan Saygun Art Center. 

Within the scope of the 55th International Troia Festival organized by the Çanakkale Metropolitan Municipality in the northwestern province of Çanakkale, pianist and composer Fazıl Say performed a piano recital on Aug. 9 at the Çimenlik Castle. He presented his special work for Troy at the event.

The world-famous Turkish pianist and composer Fazıl Say has claimed that members of the Gülen network - which authorities refer to as the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ) - in the Turkish Foreign Ministry tried to prevent his concerts from taking place abroad along with a smear campaign against him by the followers of the controversial Turkish televangelist Adnan Oktar.