Istanbul's Boğaziçi University

Hafize Gaye Erkan, a finance executive in the United States, has become the first-ever woman to head Türkiye's Central Bank after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appointed her as the institution's governor on June 9.

A mathematics teacher has last set foot in the Marshall Islands 30 years after he started his world tour, becoming the first Turk to travel all 197 countries in the world.

Erden Eruç, a 17 Guinness record holder Turkish rower who is mostly known for "finishing an around the world trip under own muscle power," has broken another record by crossing the Pacific Ocean in 239 days.

A young university graduate, who is said to be the first Turk to get a scholarship from the U.K. monarch, has become a businesswoman producing water tanks made of "concrete canvas" and installing them in arid lands, especially in African countries.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has replaced a top Turkish university rector whose appointment led to months of student-led protests.

Melih Bulu, the rector of Istanbul's Boğaziçi University, was dismissed from his post by a presidential decree published in the Official Gazette on July 15.

Last month was the warmest May in the last 51 years in Turkey, according to the country's meteorology department.

The average May temperature in Turkey rose 2.6 degrees Celsius (4.7 degrees Fahrenheit), according to the Turkish State Meteorological Service data, compiled by Anadolu Agency.

The Foreign Ministry has lashed out at foreign critics for criticizing Turkish authorities' way of handling protests at Istanbul's Boğaziçi University, saying that no one has the right to interfere in the internal affairs of Turkey.

Melih Bulu, the newly appointed rector at Istanbul's Boğaziçi University, said he will not step down following protests by the university students and academics.

Speaking to reporters, Bulu said he has no intentions to resign from his post and that he assumes that the crisis that started with his appointment will end in six months and that it will be so.

Istanbul's Boğaziçi University will host the Olive Seed Children's Orchestra in a performance on their campus accompanied by the Chromas Choir on May 21.

It started long before Turkey's July 15, 2016 military coup attempt. Slowly but steadily, young professionals, entrepreneurs, engineers, academics and new graduates started leaving their home country in search of a better future. Many of the country's best and brightest do not see any hope of creating better lives and improving their intellectual capacity in their homeland anymore.