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Türkiye proudly concluded the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games by setting a new national record with 28 medals.

The closing ceremony, attended by nearly 80,000 enthusiastic fans despite heavy rain at the Stade de France, celebrated the achievements of athletes from around the world.

A supporter of Amnesty International with a placard reading: 'Turkey: Freedom of speech is a Human Right!' in front of the Turkish Embassy in Berlin, June 2013. Photo: EPA/NICOLAS ARMER.

Turkey successfully test-fired long-range indigenous air defense missile Siper, a top defense official said on Nov. 6.

Different tests of the air defense system, which is planned to enter the army's inventory in 2023, will continue, İsmail Demir, the head of Turkey's Defense Industries Presidency, tweeted.

The Istanbul Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into the murder of a Turkish Cypriot journalist in 1996 following the claims of Sedat Peker, a fugitive mafia boss who has recently been making online exposés about his network's criminal acts and relations with the politics.

A woman entrepreneur's endeavor, initially launched on social media, has grown into a business that creates jobs for up to 30 women.

Yasemin Korkut, living in the western province of İzmir, started to sell dried figs, grown in her father's garden, on social media outlets. As demand grew, she decided to enlarge the venture by adding more products.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) on Aug. 26 launches its "Justice Congress" in the western province of Çanakkale, planning to hold workshops, panels and discussions on Turkey's poor current justice record. 

The upcoming "justice congress" that the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) will hold in the western Turkish province of Çanakkale will welcome participants of various political backgrounds, CHP Deputy Chair Aykut Erdoğdu has said.

I watched dangerous tension unfold at Marmara University on TV, where some 50 students gathered to protest the arbitrary dismissal of academics without any judicial evidence. Another group of students intervened to stop them. Police came in between to prevent clashes from erupting. 

Celal Korkut is a veteran journalist of Hürriyet. He has a golden heart. He is an appreciated figure at the paper.

Celal Korkut, who always does his job in a professional way and who loves sharing his experience with the younger generations, has shared on instagram a photograph that he took.