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The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) does not possess any weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), Defense Minister ?smet Y?lmaz has said.

"There are no chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear weapons in the inventory of the TSK," Y?lmaz said in response to a motion filed by a deputy of the Kurdish problem-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).

Four Roma children, who have formed a band in the northwestern province of K?rklareli, make music using kitchen utensils like cans, tins, teapots and jars as instruments. 

The band, Roman 39, formed by four children between the ages of 4 and 10 living in the ??neada neighborhood of K?rklaerli's Demirköy district, use these unusual instruments because of financial hardship. 

A group of 45 Pakistani migrants arrived in the Turkish coastal town of Dikili on April 8 after being expelled from Greece under a Turkey-EU deal to halt mass migration to Europe, a local official said.

"The migrants are busy getting off the boat for identity and health checks," the official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

With a past that stretches back to antiquity, Çanakkale's Ye?ilyurt village is drawing more and more interest from tourists eager to sample its natural beauty and view its old stone housesWith its unspoiled nature and old stone houses, the Ye?ilyurt village on the skirts of the Kaz Mountains has become a favorite getaway for those seeking to escape the stress of city life. 

The Seyfe Lake Nature Reserve, which dries up and turns into dust of cloud during summer, has received a rush of by migratory birds like flamingos, ruddy shelduck and cranes as its water level increased. 

A high school girl in Turkey's central Anatolian province of Kayseri committed suicide on Feb. 17 after being sexually assaulted by her teacher. 

Turkish gendarmerie forces captured some 315 migrants trying to cross to the Greek islands from the northwestern province of Çanakkale, where the latest migrant tragedy saw 39 people, including children, killed off the Ayvac?k district on Jan. 30.

Gendarmerie teams caught 315 migrants of Syrian, Afghan and Moroccan origin during operations throughout the early hours of Feb. 1.  

At least five migrants were found dead off Turkey's western coast on Jan. 26 after their boat capsized as they were trying to reach the Greek coast.

A total of five migrants were found dead off Turkey's western coast on Jan. 26 after their boat capsized as they were trying to reach the Greek coast.

Three migrants, including a child, have died in the latest tragedy to strike the Aegean Sea, as a boat carrying Afghan migrants capsized off the Turkish coast. 

A total of 16 migrants set off across the Aegean in a speedboat procured by human smugglers from the Ar?kl?alt? neighborhood of Çanakkale's Ayvac?k district in Turkey's northwest.