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Turkish directors Kazım Öz and Semir Aslanyürek's film "Elif Ana" (Mother Elif) has become the winner of the special jury prize and the special organizing committee award at the 32nd International Golden Knight Film Festival in Grozny, Russia.

The head of a global arms watchdog said April 19 that "incontrovertible" test results from an alleged chemical strike in Syria showed sarin gas or a similar substance had been used.

A global watchdog reported that there are “extremely worrying” signs that ISIS may be making its own chemical weapons and may have already used them in Iraq and Syria.

The head of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Ahmet Uzumcu, said his teams have found evidence of the use of sulphur mustard in attacks in the two countries.

A woman and her three children have died from carbon monoxide poisoning after a gas leak at their flat in Istanbul.

The incident took place at night on Jan. 3 when the mother, 36-year-old Hediye Üzümcü, put her three kids to bed near the natural gas heater at home.

The firing of theater player Levent Üzümcü from Istanbul?s City Theater was in connection with his stance during the Gezi Park resistance and his speech at the Socialist International. 

In his speech in 2013, Üzümcü defined Turkey as ?a country forced to take sides constantly at the street, at school, at work, in front of the computer and during sports events.? 

Dissident Turkish actor Levent Üzümcü, who has been sent to the High Disciplinary Court of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, was dismissed from the Istanbul City Theater over statements critical of the Justice and Development Party (AKP). 

Some 400 academics and artists have expressed in a signed statement their support to daily Cumhuriyet and its editor-in-chief, Can Dündar, as both were subjected to an investigation after the daily picked up a story of trucks belonging to Turkey's top intelligence body which were stopped while allegedly attempting to carry weapons to Syria.

Dissident Turkish actor Levent Üzümcü has been sent to the High Disciplinary Court of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and is facing dismissal from the Istanbul City Theater over statements critical of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). 

Commenting on the news from his Twitter account, Üzümcü defined the motion as against the law.

A criminal complaint has been filed against 27 prominent figures, including main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu, journalists and celebrities, for comments made on social media about the police operation to end the March 31 hostage crisis at Istanbul's Ça?layan Courthouse, which ended with the death of a prosecutor and his two captors. 

Famous faces from Turkey appear in a new anti-fur campaign film produced by the Take Care of Me (BGKO) animal rights organization and the Production Team of Turkey (PToT).