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Some 87 out of 141 suspended Turkish intelligence personnel were dismissed on Sept. 27, as investigations over their suspected links to the Fethullahsit Terror Organization (FETÖ) reached an end for 100 of the suspended officials. 

Five million brightly colored plastic bottle tops have been laid out on a Mediterranean island, spelling the word "HELP" in an art installation that aims to draw attention to marine pollution. 

A group of protesters partly removed a controversial playground constructed near the mausoleum of the Republic of Turkey's founding father Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in the capital Ankara, Anıtkabir, on Sept. 24 after it prompted anger on social media.

A 23-year-old nurse, who was kicked on a public bus in Istanbul by a man who said he was angry that she was wearing shorts, has said she is "still trying to recover from the psychological trauma of the attack." 

Scientists conducting research off the Turkish resort town of Çeşme have come across a giant thornback sting ray, reportedly the biggest of its kind ever recorded, with a wingspan of 2.2 meters.

The bassoon, a woodwind musical instrument with a history going back some 500 years, will be able to be tuned like many other instruments thanks to the work of two artists in Turkey who have developed a new design. 

A starfish fossil has been found at an altitude of 1,200 meters in the southern Turkish province of Mersin's Bozyazı district, Doğan News Agency has reported. 

The fossil appears to prove that the Taurus Mountains were under the sea millions of years ago.

The starfish fossil was discovered in a rock, with locals saying there are many fossils of barnacles in the vicinity.

This year's excavation works have ended in the ancient city of Tieion, known as the Ephesus of the Black Sea, after unearthing 25 Byzantine-era tombs and one church.

Located in the Çaycuma district of Zonguldak province, Tieion dates back to the 6th or 7th century and excavations at the site started 10 years ago.

The Istanbul Comics & Art Festival (ICAF) will be held for the first time this year at the St. Joseph Social Club in the city's Moda neighborhood. The festival will take place from Sept. 23-25 and feature the most prominent cartoonists, comic books, animations, illustrations, graffiti artists and alternative performing artists.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's daughter, Sümeyye Erdo?an, has set May 14 as the wedding date with Selçuk Bayraktar, a defense industrialist engineer producing unmanned aerial vehicles.