Essen

A street in the German city of Dortmund has been named after Safiye Ali, Türkiye's first female doctor, to honor her achievements as a medical doctor and women's rights activist.

At the commemorative ceremony organized for the prominent Turkish doctor 70 years after her death, her services and achievements throughout her life were cited.

Victims of the 1993 Solingen arson attack, in which five Turks lost their lives in Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia State, have been commemorated with an event attended by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

The number of expatriate votes cast in Türkiye's upcoming elections has reached nearly 1.2 million, prompting the government to set up additional ballot boxes abroad.

More than 3.4 million Turkish citizens living abroad are eligible to vote for the presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for May 14 at home, around 277,000 of whom are first-time voters.

A Turkish family living in Germany's Heiligenhaus town near the city of Düsseldorf has been attacked by a gunman from their neighbors.

In Germany, people over the age of 60 can be vaccinated against the coronavirus for the fourth time. However, Essen virologist Ulf Dittmer warns that too frequent vaccinations could alter the immune system and harm it.
Virologist Dittmer advises against getting vaccinated every three months to avoid mask or test requirements.

However, critics have argued from the outset that the system is vulnerable to fraud. Now those premonitions have come true.

The 49th Istanbul Music Festival will meet festival audience in open-air venues from June 3 to 21 June under pandemic measures. The festival, which will take place completely open-air for the first time in its nearly 50 years of history, will offer music lovers a "whole new classical music experience."

Seven more Turks have died in Germany from the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, local authorities said on April 30. 
The deaths were reported in Nuremberg, Essen, Munich and Mannheim.

The latest casualties bring the number of Turks who have died in the country from the pandemic to 130.

Mehmet Kubaşık was remembered here on April 4, 14 years after he was killed by a neo-Nazi terror group.

A small group left flowers at a memorial in Mallinckrodt, where he used to run a small bookstore.

Chief Consul of Essen, Şener Cebeci, said a small group participated in the event although there are measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

At least 28 people were injured on Saturday after part of the stage of an outdoor concert in the city of Essen in Germany collapsed, Welt newspaper reported.

According to the newspaper, the incident took place at a concert of rappers Marteria and Casper.