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Turkey's ambassador to Germany has been summoned to hear Berlin's concerns over the arrest of a Die Welt newspaper journalist, Germany's foreign minister has said.
                   

The Turkish authorities on Feb. 27 arrested a correspondent from German newspaper Die Welt on charges of "propaganda in support of a terrorist organization" and "inciting the public to violence." 

Deniz Yücel, a dual citizen of Turkey and Germany, was initially detained by police on Feb. 14. 

An elderly woman has died of a heart attack stemming from fear after the police raided a wrong address in order to apprehend a murder suspect in the southern province of Antalya. Hamide Yücel, 65, who had been suffering from a heart condition, had a heart attack after the police told him that his son Ali Yücel, 28, has been sought over a murder case, when in fact Yücel was innocent. 

Turkey's Culture and Tourism Ministry has finally made an official statement about why it shelved a short film with Hollywood actress Julianne Moore to promote tourism in Turkey, two years after it nixed the project.

In 2005, 27 million movie tickets were sold in Turkey. The ticket sales surpassed 60 million in 2015. Turkey takes second place after Russia as the fastest growing movie industry in Europe. Turkey is also the only country in Europe where national cinema takes more than half of the market share. While there were 29 Turkish movies produced in 2005, that number shot to 136 in 2015.

The International Publishers Association on Dec. 22 condemned what it called "blatant political censorship" in Turkey, saying three journalists' books had been pulled from shelves on court orders.

The political crisis with Russia will have serious consequences on the tourism sector, as Turkey will experience a drastic fall in the number of visiting Russian tourists.

A giant poster showing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu side by side has entered the Guinness Book of World Records.

I was away from the country, so be assured everyone that neither myself nor any cat was involved in the national day of remembrance of the discovery of electricity. I do not even have a cat anyhow?

The 20th Turkish-German Film Festival kicked off in Nurnberg's Tafenhalle Culture and Arts Center.

Nurnberg Mayor Ulrich Maly, Turkish Consul General to Nurnberg Asip Kaya as well as cinema critic Klaus Eder, actors Cem Y?lmaz, U?ur Yücel, ?ener ?en were among the guests of the opening ceremony.