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Director Semih Kaplanoğlu's film "Bağlılık Hasan" (Commitment Hasan) will be Turkey's Oscar entry for the 94th Academy Awards next year.

Thousands of women pushed pedals across the world as part of a global-scale campaign to give more visibility to women in society and to demand cycle-friendly cities.

Fourteen Turkish-origin German citizens were elected to Germany's Bundestag in the Sept. 24 general elections.

According to the temporary initial results, Aydan Özoğuz, Metin Hakverdi, Mahmut Özdemir, Cansel Kızıltepe, Gülistan Yüksel and Elvan Korkmaz were elected on the ranks of the Social Democrats (SPD).

Vatan Şaşmaz, a renowned TV host and anchor, was laid to rest at a funeral ceremony on Aug. 29 at Istanbul's Güzeltepe Birlik Mosque, after he was shot dead in a hotel room in Istanbul's Beşiktaş district on Aug. 27.

Şaşmaz's relatives, colleagues, and fans attended the ceremony in the city's Üsküdar district. Following the funeral prayer, he was laid to rest at Çengelköy cemetery. 

A four-month-old baby was admitted to an emergency room at the Kardzhali hospital after a tree branch fell on its stroller yesterday at one of the busy alleys of Prostor Parkl and injured its legs, Darik reported.

The incident was also confirmed by the head of the department Dr. Filiz Abidin.

Police on April 6 intervened in a sit-in staged by a group of lawyers demanding the release of arrested colleagues in the daily Cumhuriyet case at Istanbul's Çağlayan courthouse, detaining eight of them.

A court in Istanbul ordered on March 9 two times aggravated life-term sentences for Atalay Filiz, a Turkish "serial killer" who became widely known after committing a series of murders, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Filiz, 30, accused of murdering three people, including a Russian national, was sentenced on charges of "committing deliberate murder."

Istanbul prosecutors on Dec. 20 have demanded heavy life sentences and an additional 10 years of prison term for Atalay Filiz, a Turkish serial killer who became widely known after committing a series of murders. 

An indictment prepared by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has demanded aggravated life sentences for a total of nine suspects, including novelist Aslı Erdoğan and linguist Necmiye Alpay, on terror charges as part of an investigation into columnists and managers of closed daily Özgür Gündem.

A Turkish woman was sentenced to 11 months in prison on Jan. 20 for "insulting" President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an by shouting and directing a hand gesture toward him in the Aegean province of ?zmir in 2014.