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The Turkish government has announced a set of legal measures aimed at fighting drug addiction and aiding treatment of drug addicts.

Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmu? said on April 28 that the government would amend laws in order to enable drug addicts to seek treatment without revealing their identities. 

The long-awaited new Be?ikta? stadium was inaugurated in a ceremony on April 10 with the attendance of politicians at the highest level, including President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu. Black eagles' supporters, however, were denied entry to the tribunes of their new home pitch due to tight security measures. 

Former President ?smet ?nönü, one of the founders of the Republic of Turkey, was commemorated on Dec. 25 on the 42nd anniversary of his passing in a ceremony held at his grave in An?tkabir, also known as Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's Mausoleum.

World-renown professional Turkish boxer Sinan ?amil Sam, a former heavyweight champion, died on Oct. 30 at a hospital in Istanbul. He was 41.

?am had been under treatment at the hospital for liver failure.

The former champion's family said the doctors did everything they could to keep ?am alive and his funeral would be held in Ankara on Oct. 31.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has cycled a specially customized bike, based on a model used by a world biking champion, during the launch of the 51st Presidential Tour of Turkey (TUR).

The Turkish Football Federation has decided to suspend all first-tier Spor Toto Super League games, along with the Ziraat Turkey Cup match-ups, for one week following a gun attack on Fenerbahçe?s team bus on April 4, which left the bus driver seriously wounded.

Since the dawn of time every Muslim is a Turk in the eyes of the West, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has claimed, stressing it was not used as a term of superiority but rather as proof grounded in historical evidence.