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One of the 'Turkish Oscars,' the Pantene Golden Butterfly Award ceremony was held at Zorlu Center PSM in Istanbul, where the best of Turkish television and music received awards as voted by daily Hürriyet readers The 42nd Pantene Golden Butterfly Awards, which honored the best of Turkish television and music through the votes of daily Hürriyet readers, were presented on Nov.

Istanbul Modern Cinema will host the second International Istanbul Silent Cinema Days between Dec. 3 and 6. 

Bringing together pioneer examples of cinema accompanied by live music, the festival's corporate partners are Italy's world famous cinematheque, Cineteca di Bologna, and Eye Filmmuseum, a prestigious film museum in the Netherlands. 

A Turkish Airlines (THY) plane named after a Japanese town where dozens of Ottoman sailors were rescued in 1890 has landed at an airport near Tokyo, one day before the premiere of a movie telling a dramatic tale of Turkish-Japanese historic friendship.

Former nationalist party deputy Meral Ak?ener has hinted at her candidacy for the leadership of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), in the wake of a dramatic fall in the MHP vote in the Nov. 1 parliamentary election.

Leading Turkish defense company Aselsan has announced it signed an agreement regarding the "Active Protection System Development Project," dubbed AKKOR, for the Turkish Land Forces with the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM), valued at 54 million euros. 

Prominent journalist and columnist Hasan Pulur, who passed away on Nov. 29 at the age of 83, will be laid to rest in Istanbul on Dec. 1 after an official ceremony. 

Turkey's Economic Development Foundation (?KV) has welcomed decisions reached at the European Union-Turkey Summit on Nov. 29, stating that they presented a chance to revive Turkey's accession process to the EU. 

"It is pleasing that a new start has been made in the relations," read a part of the statement issued on Nov. 30 by the ?KV. 

A logistics ship belonging to the Russian navy has encountered a Turkish submarine passing through the Dardanelles toward the Marmara Sea, accompanied by a Turkish coast guard boat.

The 133-meter ship, the Yauda, arrived at the Dardanelles from the Aegean Sea at around 10 a.m. on Nov. 30.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu filed a declaration of property to parliament on Nov. 30.

K?l?çdaro?lu's declaration includes assets held by his spouse, Selvi K?l?çdaro?lu, and son Kerem K?l?çdaro?lu, the CHP announced.

"What we call femicide is actually murder of women who revolt against abuse and push for independence," says the We Will Stop Femicides Platform (WSF).