Doğan News Agency

Three road construction workers were killed in an armed attack by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the southeastern province of Şırnak on Aug. 28, according to the governor's office.        

A report by Turkey's Financial Crime Investigation Board (MASAK) listed former Brigadier General Gökhan Şahin Sönmezateş's financial links with the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), Doğan News Agency reported on July 27.

A Russian tourist drowned in the sea off the Alanya district of the Mediterranean resort of Antalya on Aug. 27, Doğan News Agency has reported.

The 68-year-old tourist, identified as Nikolay Kudinov, reportedly went swimming off the coast in the Kızlarpınar neighborhood in the early hours of the morning but after swimming for a while locals observed him struggling in the sea.

Hungry wolves have attacked racehorses, killing at least one and injuring another, according to ranch owners in Istanbul's Silivri district, Doğan News Agency reported on Aug. 20.

The incidents occurred in the Büyükçavuşlu and Beyciler neighborhoods on the outskirts of the Istranca Forests. 

Police detained a man on Aug. 19 after he attacked a statue of Atatürk in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, Doğan News Agency has reported. The 30-year-old man identified as İbrahim Yeşil climbed to the pedestal of the statue in the Şeyh Said Square at 2.30 p.m. and began to pound it with a hammer. His motive was not clear.

A fire broke out on Aug. 18 at the Greek consulate building in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Several firefighters were dispatched to the scene.

The fire reportedly broke out in the kitchen section of the building and it was later extinguished by firefighters, according to initial reports.

Turkey's embattled tourism sector is pleased with the extension of a public holiday for the upcoming Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) to 10 days, during which around 1 million people travel and create 1 billion Turkish Liras in additional revenue for the sector. 

The Hollywood Turkish Film Festival will be held on Sept. 20, 21 and 22 at the world famous Paramount Studios for the first time in Turkish cinema history. The event is supported by the Ministry of Culture and the Tourism General Directorate of Cinema in a bid to reunite Turkish cinema with the global market.

The head of the village ("muhtar"), where Eren Bülbül, the 15-year-old boy recently killed by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was residing, told Doğan News Agency in an interview that security forces had asked him two days prior to the incident to refer two people who knew the area well and that no one wanted to participate in the operation out of fear.

The opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) started on Aug. 15 its "justice and conscience watch" in the Aegean province of İzmir, after holding the watch in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, Istanbul, and the eastern province of Van, Doğan News Agency has reported.