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Turkey's top business organization TÜS?AD has sued the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DE?K), once an arm of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) but recently put under the control and surveillance of the Economy Ministry, to opt out from membership in the organization and to not pay membership fees.

Three of 25 suspects being tried on manslaughter charges in the case of an elevator accident that cost 10 lives last year in Istanbul were released Feb. 20, meaning no suspects remain behind bars in the trial.

Turkey must embrace the republic's principle of secularism in order to progress economically as well as socially and politically, Haluk Dinçer, the outgoing head of the country's top business organization TÜS?AD, has said, speaking at a meeting where his presidential term ends.

One cannot say that Turkey?s prestigious Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜS?AD) has always been on good terms with the government.

Sabancı Holding Retail Chief Haluk Dinçer is set to leave after six months at the helm of Turkey's top business organization.

Dinçer will not stand as a candidate for chairman at the annual congress of the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD) on January 22, 2015, Hürriyet has learned. 

Turkish cinema will go to the French capital with a selection of its most powerful titles.

Hosted by Turkey’s Ambassador to Paris Hakkı Akil and supported by the Turkish Culture Ministry, the “Meeting with Turkish Cinema in Paris” festival will open its curtains on Nov. 28.

Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s “Winter Sleep” (Kış Uykusu) that won the Palme d’Or (Golden Palm) for the best film at the 67th Cannes Film Festival will represent Turkey in the foreign film category at the 87th Academy Awards next year.

Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s latest film “Kış Uykusu” (Winter Sleep), which won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival on May 24 and was released in Turkish movie theaters on June 13, drew over 237,000 viewers in its first month, becoming Ceylan’s most-watched film, according to the Turkish Box Office.

Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Palme d’Or Award winning film “Kış Uykusu” (Winter Sleep) made its gala on June 12 at Kanyon Shopping Mall, with the attendence of many renowned figures from the Turkish cinema scene.

Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s latest film, “Kış Uykusu” (Winter Sleep), which won the coveted Palme d’Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival on May 24, will come to movie theaters on June 13.

Starring Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sözen and Demet Akbağ, the film will be released in 150 halls in 123 movie theaters in 39 cities.