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Two Turkish frigates in Ukraine's Odessa

Two Turkish warships have dropped anchor at the port in the Ukrainian city Odessa on April 3 for a stay of two days. 

The two frigates - the TCG Salih Reis (F-246), which is a Barbaros-class frigate, and the TCG Bart?n (F-504), which is a B-class corvette - have anchored in Odessa within the concept of partnership between the Ukrainian Defense Ministry and the Turkish General Staff. 

Merkel says ZDF's poem on President Erdo?an 'insulting'

German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized a video of a comedian reading a poem about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an on Germany's state broadcaster ZDF and called the text "insulting," during a phone call with Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu. 

A girl-power makeover in remake of 'Jungle Book'

One of the best-loved animated films of all-time, "The Jungle Book" boasted iconic songs and a cast that ensured it would be revered as a milestone in Hollywood history.  But for all its virtues, Disney's 1967 version of Rudyard Kipling's tale of an orphan raised by wolves lacked the one thing you'd be sure to find in the jungle -- the female of the species.

Ankara Film Festival juries announced

The juries of the national feature, short and documentary film competitions organized as part of the 27th Ankara International Film Festival have been announced. 

Turkey's Changemakers: KAÇUV 'Family Home'

The Hope Foundation for Children with Cancer (KAÇUV) has been named the 12th Changemaker of the 7th season of the Sabanci Foundation's Turkey's Changemakers Program.

According to World Health Organization (WHO) data, every year 200,000 children are diagnosed with cancer.

Turkish PM 'refuses to wear bulletproof vest' on domestic visits

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has said he does not wear a bulletproof vest during trips around Turkey, stressing that he visited the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r last week without a security vest just one day after seven police officers were killed and dozens were wounded in a bomb attack blamed on militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).

One ton of smuggled meat seized in Turkish border town

Turkish police seized over a ton of smuggled meat in the Enez district of the western province of Edirne bordering Greece on April 4, in the latest attempt to smuggle cheaper meat into the country.

‘Who is NASA’, exclaims Turkey Minister over drought data

Turkish Minister for Forest and Water Affairs Veysel Eroglu vehemently disputed the scientific capacity of NASA officials during a parliamentary discussion in Turkey’s national assembly on the effects of drought in the eastern Mediterranean. Eroglu said the studies and scientific surveys done by Turkey were of much higher quality and reliability than those of NASA.

UNDP launches new demining project in Turkey

A new United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) project to clear Turkey's eastern borders of land mines was launched on April 4, International Land Mine Awareness Day, at a hotel in Ankara with the participation of Defense Minister ?smet Y?ld?z.

Turkish Supreme Court reverses punishment of sexually abusive mother and partner

The Supreme Court of Appeals has reversed a judgment sentencing a woman and her partner to nine years and four months in jail after they attempted to force the former's eight-year-old daughter to have sexual intercourse with the latter.

In its ruling, the court argued that the plot did not go beyond the "preparation phase," daily Cumhuriyet has reported. 

Two killed as wall collapses in Istanbul park

Two people were killed on April 4 after they became trapped under rubble when a wall collapsed in a park in central Istanbul.

A total of seven people were reportedly trapped under the debris. Five were rescued and transferred to various hospitals. However, search-and-rescue teams eventually reached the lifeless bodies of another two.

Turkish firms want more infrastructure after advanced 4G launch

A communications association in Turkey warned on April 4 about the need for an extra 450,000 kilometers of new substructure investment in the country to fully realize the potential of the advanced 4G technologies, dubbed 4.5G, which became operation on April 1. 

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