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Harry Potter apparates in Japan as bug-eyed 'manga' figure

Harry Potter and his wizarding friends have been transmogrified into cartoon characters in Japan, a country which remains bewitched by the fantasy world of Hogwarts and its magical inhabitants.

Muslim butcher's shop sprayed with bullets in Corsica

The front window of a Muslim butcher's shop was sprayed with bullets during the night on the French island of Corsica, where communal tensions have flared in recent months, local prosecutor Eric Bouillard said Feb. 3.

Locals flee conflict-hit southeastern town as curfew lifted

Locals in the town of Sur in southeastern Diyarbak?r province began to flee their houses on Feb. 3, after a months-long curfew was lifted in nine neighborhoods, where clashes between the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Turkish security forces have been ongoing. 

Borusan Philharmonic in Austria and Germany

The Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra (BIPO) is set to go on tour to two of the most important countries in the history of classic music, Austria and Germany. 

The tour will begin in Vienna and continue to Germany's Friedrichshafen and Frankfurt before ending in Nurnberg. 

Weiwei imitates photo of Syrian toddler on Turkish beach

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has recreated the famous image of a 3-year-old Syrian child who drowned in Turkey last year by staging a photo of himself lying face down on a beach in Greece.

One killed in an armed attack on Istanbul association

An armed attack on an association in Istanbul's Eyüp district killed one and wounded three people on Feb. 2.

The attack occurred at a center of the "Great Ottoman Social Aid and Education Association" in the Ye?ilp?nar neighborhood of Eyüp late on Feb. 2. 

1,050 foreign passports seized in Istanbul raids

Turkish police have seized more than 1,000 foreign passports and detained eight suspects in raids on multiple homes as part of an operation that targeted human smugglers in Istanbul. 

10 released in alleged mass wiretapping case

An Istanbul court has ordered the release of 10 of 45 suspects in a case into the alleged wiretapping of hundreds of lawmakers and civil servants and the creation of a fake terrorist group publicly known as "Selam Tevhid."

ISIL militants open fire on security forces near Syrian border

Militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) opened fire at Turkish soldiers doing mine clearing work in the southeastern town of Karkam?? on Feb. 3, although no casualties were reported.

A third of migrants sailing to Greece from Turkey are children: UNICEF

Children now make up over a third of the migrants making the perilous sea crossing from Turkey to Greece, the U.N. said.

For the first time since the start of the migrant crisis in Europe, there are also now more women and children crossing the border from Greece to Macedonia than adult males, according to U.N. children's agency UNICEF.

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