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An area called "Little Venice" in Bursa province's Nilüfer district astonishes visitors and onlookers with its enchanting sunset scenery. (İHA Photo)

Residents living near the Nilüfer Lake, a natural wonder lake surrounded by lotus flowers in the southeastern province of Kahramanmaraş, have urged authorities to take the lake under protection.

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Turkish Businesswomen's Association (TİKAD) head Nilüfer Bulut has said women should make up "50 percent of decision-making positions."

A 16-year-old student in the northwestern province of Bursa shot and killed a classmate on the morning of May 5 before attempting suicide.

The student, H.C., killed classmate Nilüfer Acar in their classroom, Doğan News Agency reported.  

The killer was hospitalized after the failed suicide attempt.  

Turkish police have been conducting operations against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the northwestern province of Bursa and the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, a day after Reina attacker Abdulkadir Masharipov was apprehended in an operation in Istanbul's Esenyurt district. 

Police in the northwestern province of Bursa have apprehended a total of 27 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) suspects along with 29 children due to their alleged links to a terror attack in Istanbul's Reina nightclub at New Year's, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Jan. 18.

Police believe the suicide bomber who killed herself and wounded 13 others in Turkey's northwestern province of Bursa on April 28 was a woman identified as Suzan B., according to reports citing intelligence sources. 

According to the claims, police have taken DNA samples from the suspect's family members in the southeastern province of Mardin and are working to confirm her identity. 

An image of Aylan Kurdi, the 3-year-old refugee who drowned off Turkey's Bodrum coast in September last year, which was captured by Do?an News Agency reporter Nilüfer Demir received the Press Photo of the Year award at Turkey Photojournalist Association Press' Photos of the Year 2016 contest. 

Some 35,000 Turks celebrated their birthday on Feb. 29, four years after their last birthday, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

World renowned Turkish poet Naz?m Hikmet's 114th birthday will be commemorated with a special postage stamp printed especially for the occasion, while a documentary will be screened about his years as a prisoner in Bursa.