Bursa

The 14th Filmekimi (October of Films) Festival begins on Oct. 3, due to be held at four movie theaters in Istanbul before touring other cities across Turkey.

The row began last week when Re?at Kasap, the mayor of the eastern Black Sea town of Rize, said a statue of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, in the town?s main square could be removed.

The 14th annual Filmekimi will kick off in Istanbul on Oct 3. After the nine day festival, it will tour various Turkish cities until the end of the month Organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) for the 14th time, this year?s Filmekimi will once again bring cinephiles together at several cities across Turkey. 

Turkish Health Minister Mehmet Müezzino?lu has pointed to the lack of a presidential system as the cause of chaos in the country, during a speech he delivered at the northwestern province of Edirne. 

Müezzino?lu took the stage at the Justice and Development Party?s (AKP) advisory council meeting and claimed the June 7 election constituted a warning to the AKP, but not a punishment.

Turkish automotive maker Tofa? has signed a loan deal worth 200 million euros for the financing of two new models, it said in a written statement to the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) on Aug. 12. 

The house sales in Turkey have increased by 19.1 percent to 110,657 units in June 2015, in comparison with last year's rates, according to data released by the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜ?K) on July 24.

TÜ?K reports showed that the mortgaged house sales have also increased to a volume of 40,503, with a rise of 26.5 percent over the same period.

If you think everybody leaves their town during summer holidays, you are wrong. Me and many people like me enjoy the holiday tranquility of the city. Holidays are not only times to rest and relax but also to nurture and renew.  

If you care about your brain - I would recommend you do - as much as you care about your body, do make a culture program for yourself. 

Underwater archaeological work has started on the remains of a 1,600-year-old basilica that was discovered at the beginning of 2014 under Lake ?znik in the northwestern province of Bursa. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an held an iftar dinner for prominent names from the Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet). I have to say that I resented the fact that the head of Diyanet, Mehmet Görmez, came with the controversial luxury Mercedes and stop there.

At the dinner, former heads of Diyanet talked about religious education and the perception of religion in society.

About 200 document files and computers have been seized by ?zmir police after a 21 hour-long search of an ?zmir-based foundation and a private university and its linked hospital, as well as a Bursa-based company which was said to have business ties with the foundation, as part of an investigation launched over allegations of financially supporting the alleged ?parallel structure.?