Nilüfer

The heart-wrenching image of Aylan Kurdi, a 3-year old refugee who drowned off Turkey's Bodrum coast on Sept. 2, has been picked as one of TIME magazine's top 100 photos of 2015.

'Aylin' by Ay?e Kulin, translated by Dara Çolako?lu (Amazon Crossing, 267 pages, $25)

A Byzantine-era chapel dating back to the 10th century has been unearthed by the Nilüfer Hatun Almshouse and Extension Construction and Environmental Project in the northwestern province of Bursa?s ?znik district.

One of the best-selling musicians in Turkey, pop singer, songwriter and composer Kayahan Açar, who became famous as Kayahan, has died of cancer aged 66.

He was diagnosed with soft tissue cancer in 1990, for which he had been receiving long-term treatment. Though he was able to recover multiple times, he relapsed in 2005 and 2014.

A fat cat in western Turkey has shed more than five kilograms in four months after its owner hospitalized the pet.

Named "Ta? Kafa" (Stone Head), referring to a Turkish expression for a dumb person, the five-year-old cat was recently taken to the animal treatment center of Nilüfer district in the Bursa province by its owner.