Human development

According to the Turkish Civil Code (TMK), any child who turns 16 can be allowed to marry if their family appeals to the family court for permission. In 2011 for instance, 20,000 families have gone to court demanding permission to marry their 16-year-old daughters.  

An image of Aylan Kurdi, the 3-year-old refugee who drowned off Turkey's Bodrum coast in September last year, which was captured by Do?an News Agency reporter Nilüfer Demir received the Press Photo of the Year award at Turkey Photojournalist Association Press' Photos of the Year 2016 contest. 

A woman dressed in black carrying with her a child's severed head was arrested near a Moscow metro station on Monday.

According to initial reports, the woman is 38-year-old Gyulychera Bobohulova from Uzbekistan, a nanny who for as yet unknown reasons murdered a four-year-old girl.

At least 37 migrants, mostly women and children, drowned yesterday attempting to cross the sea from Turkey to reach Greece.

Turkish authorities announced that at least 37 refugees were dead, while they managed to rescue 75 people.

The 2015 Global AgeWatch Index states that Greece is the worst country in Europe when it comes to socio-economic prosperity. Six years of financial crisis and austerity measures have left thousands of Greek senior citizens crushed by pension slashes and tax  hikes.  Thousands of Greek seniors face serious problems as a result of the ongoing crisis.

A study by Cambridge University found that babies born in the summer months are stronger and taller than their counterparts. The research, conducted on 450,000 Britons, found that pregnant mothers who absorb more health-boosting Vitamin D from sunshine in their second and third trimesters give their babies a head-start in life.

As many as 18 million students in preparatory, primary, elementary and high schools all across Turkey are set to begin the 2015-16 academic year on Sept. 28, as the three-month summer holiday comes to an end, daily Hürriyet has reported.

The world took notice of the heart-wrenching images of Aylan Kurdi’s little body swept up like debris on a Turkish beach, however the real tragedy for the region’s children cannot be encaptured in one picture alone. UN research last year documented 18,000 cases were children from Syria were slaughtered for the purposes of human organ transplants.

She’s one of those ladies whose appearance is unforgettable. Miranda Kerr lit Moscow on “fire” last night, attending a show for the promotion of a new shampoo brand.