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A team of divers has uncovered an 1,100-year-old Byzantine amphora during an exploratory dive off Istanbul's Tuzla district.

Turkey's Automobile Initiative Group (TOGG) has been picked as one of the best 20 brands showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas earlier this month.

"Prestigious sectoral magazine Exhibitor has chosen TOGG one of the best 20 brands of CES among 2,300 participants," TOGG said on its Twitter account.

Almost a month after authorities launched a massive cleaning campaign, no trace of marine mucilage was detected in the north of the Bosphorus Strait, which is the entry point of the upper current coming from the Black Sea.

Mehmet Gürcan Karakaş (file photo)

European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Vice President Işıl Karakaş has called on Turkey's Constitutional Court to "carry out coup trials rapidly" amid overcrowding in prisons.

European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Vice President Prof Işıl Karakaş has welcomed the establishment of a new seven-membered state of emergency commission in Turkey, which will receive appeals against state of emergency measures. 

A Turkish judge at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) was elected as the president of one of the ECHR's five sections on Dec. 1.

Işıl Karakaş, who has been a judge at the ECHR since May 1, 2008, will serve a three-year term as section president beginning on Jan. 1, 2015.