Hüseyin Avni

A plane tree has been named after a poet who has been selling his own poetry books under the tree for the last 58 years.

The 68-year-old Hüseyin Avni Dede started selling his poetry books and antiques with his father at the age of 10 under the plane tree at the entrance of Bookstores Bazaar in Istanbul's Beyazıt district.

Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum (SSM) hosts a new exhibition titled "Avni Lifij. The Modern of His Time," providing a comprehensive insight into the versatile artistic production of Hüseyin Avni Lifij (1886-1927), who occupies a unique position in the history of Turkish painting.

A public prosecutor on Feb. 8 demanded up to 15 years in jail for former Istanbul Governor Hüseyin Avni Mutlu and former Turkish Police Chief Hüseyin Çapkın on charges of having links to the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ).

Former Istanbul Governor Hüseyin Avni Mutlu, who appeared before an Istanbul court on Aug. 24 on charges of having links to the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), has pleaded not guilty, denying all allegations against him. 

An Istanbul court on June 16 issued a fresh arrest warrant for Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbaş's son-in-law Ömer Faruk Kavurmacı, whose swift release triggered outrage from the public.

An Istanbul prosecutor sought three aggravated life imprisonments for 15 suspects including former Istanbul Governor Hüseyin Avni Mutlu and former Istanbul Police Chief Hüseyin Çapkın on June 8 over their suspected links to the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), Doğan News Agency has reported. 

Turkish Ambassador to Berlin Hüseyin Avni Karslıoğlu returned to Turkey late on June 2, after the German Parliament approved a bill describing the 1915 massacres of Ottoman Armenians as genocide.

Istanbul?s former governor Hüseyin Avni Mutlu was fined 10,000 Turkish Liras for accusing a then-17-year-old Dilan Alp of being a member of ?marginal groups? during the May Day protests of 2013, during which she was hit in the head by a tear gas canister shot by the police.

A university student in southern Turkey has been handed a one-year suspended sentence for retweeting a satirical article about a governor from Zaytung, a mock news portal in Turkey, daily Cumhuriyet has reported. 

The mother of Sakarya Governor Hüseyin Avni Co? is standing against municipal teams tasked with removing trees by a lake in the southern Turkish province of Isparta.