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A throne, which is believed to belong to Abdülhamid II, the 34th sultan of the Ottoman Empire, has been sold for 100,000 Turkish Liras ($16,200) on the condition that it was not taken abroad, but the sale has stirred reactions.

A businessman bought the throne at the Istanbul Art and Antiques Fair by Nilgün Şensoy, a lecturer and antiquarian at the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University.

Barcelona'nın Arjantinli yıldız futbolcusu Lionel Messi, takımdan ayrılmayı düşünmediğini söyledi.

Yıldız Kenter, a veteran actress of Turkish cinema and theatre, passed away in Istanbul on Nov. 17. She was 91 years old.

Turkey's 128-year-old chinaware factory, Yıldız Tile Imperial Factory, continues to promote Turkish porcelain with its crescent and moon emblem, since its establishment under Sultan Abdulhamid II's reign in 1891.

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In a new exhibition titled "Yıldız Moran: A Mountain Tale," Istanbul Modern Photography Gallery presents the works of Yıldız Moran, Turkey's first academically trained woman photographer who lived between 1932 and 1995. Moran, who was active in the 1950s, is one of the most important photographers to have emerged from Turkey. 

In this security camera footage of the shop, AKP İbrahim Yıldız is seen wearing a navy blue suit and his brother Mehmet Ali in a white shirt next to him.

The exhibition "Yıldız Palace Photography Collection," which features the Ottoman State's political, social, cultural and economic relations with the world through the photography collection of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II, opened in France on May 29. 

Twenty-three years ago, Mahmut Yıldız and his father found stones in Göbeklitepe, an 11,000-year-old site believed to be home to one of the earliest civilizations in the world in southeastern Turkey, while plowing their field. 

The government is "determined to raise generations acquainted with their religion, history and culture," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Aug. 4 at the opening of Istanbul's Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque after a four-year restoration period.