Gülhane Training and Research Hospital

Turkish doctors find link between COVID-19, helicobacter

A study conducted at a research and training hospital in the capital Ankara found links between COVID-19 and a widely-infectious bacteria.

The study - Effect of Helicobacter Pylori on the Presentation and Clinical Course of COVID-19 Infection - was published in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition last month.

Rahşan Ecevit, wife of late prime minister, laid to rest

Rahşan Ecevit, wife and closest confidant of late Turkish Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit, was laid to rest in the capital province of Ankara on Jan. 19.

Ecevit died at the Gülhane Training and Research Hospital, where she had been receiving treatment since Dec. 26, on Jan. 17 at the age of 97.

She died in the intensive care unit due to multiple organ failure at around 9.10 p.m.

Russian air defense missile found during anti-PKK operations in Turkey's southeast

A Russian-made air defense missile has been seized by Turkish security forces during ongoing operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the southeastern province of Şırnak, the Interior Ministry announced on May 10.