ISTANBUL

The number cats born this year at the Van Cat Research Center in the southeastern province of Van has increased. The cats, which are symbols of the city with their yellow and blue eyes, are under special protection at the center.

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Turkey's first light festival, which started on Nov. 13 at Istanbul's Zorlu Center, will continue through Nov. 29.

More than 20 world-renowned light artists will be contributing to the festival curated by Rebecca Mendez, the head of the Media Art Department at the Los Angeles-based university, UCLA.

A curfew has been declared in the Nusaybin district of the southeastern province of Mardin until further notice, the governor's office has stated.

The Mardin Governor's Office announced that a curfew has been declared in the entire district so that security forces can fill in ditches and remove barricades erected by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has paid 53.4 million euros to acquire a 10.84 percent stake in Turkish port operator Global Ports (GPH), completing the transfer of stakes on Nov. 13. 

Global Investment, the parent company of GPH, said its stake had dropped to 89.16 percent due to the deal, in a written statement late on Nov. 12. 

Two soldiers were killed on Nov. 13 in an outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) mine attack in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r.

PKK militants detonated a mine placed on a road in the Lice district as a military convoy was passing. Two soldiers were killed in the attack, according to initial reports.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu said he will discuss infrastructure development with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who will visit Turkey for the upcoming Group of 20 summit.

"I want to see more Japanese investments in megaprojects, like a third nuclear power plant," Davuto?lu said on Nov. 12.

A suicide bomber killed at least 12 people at a Shiite funeral in a mosque in the Iraqi capital on Nov. 13, security and medical officials said.

Turkey's housing sector representatives expect to close the year surpassing their year-end target at 1.2 million units due to a sharp rise in property sales after the Nov. 1 elections after seeing a decline in sales in the previous months. 

Turkish police fired tear gas at a teenaged grave robber who became trapped "in search of gold teeth," daily Hürriyet has reported. 

According to reports, a 16-year-old Syrian youth dug a tunnel inside the Central Cemetery in Istanbul's Ba?c?lar district on Nov. 13, allegedly in order to enter a grave and steal gold teeth. 

Nilhan Sesalan's works are on display at the 10th Contemporary Istanbul (CI) in the Kuad Gallery, directed by Selin Yurtbilir, and under the curation of Beral Madra. 

Nilhan Sesalan's works are on display at the 10th Contemporary Istanbul (CI) in the Kuad Gallery, directed by Selin Yurtbilir, and under the curation of Beral Madra.