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The trend of hiring "fake marriage officers" is surging among couples whose wedding dates do not align with venue reservations but want to meet their guests' expectations by organizing symbolic wedding ceremonies.

Prof. Dr. Afksendiyos Kalangos, whose name is among the "heart surgeons of the century," managed to save Merve's leg, which has been said to be "unrecoverable."

Merve Ay, 23, who lives in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, struggled for 12 years with a vascular tumor that was detected in the heel of her left foot when she was only 8 years old.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrived on Oct. 17 in Angola's capital Luanda, the first leg of his mini-tour of three African countries, also including Nigeria and Togo.

Erdoğan was welcomed by Angola's Foreign Minister Tete Antonio and Alp Ay, Turkey's ambassador to the Southern African nation, at Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport.

Turkish-French designer Ece Ege has revealed her latest collection, Woven Tales, at the Paris Fashion Week.

The creative director of Dice Kayek, the fashion house she founded with her sister Ay?e in 1992, showed off their spring 2016 collection at the Musée des Arts Decoratifs, based in the Louvre.

Turkish pianist Ay?e Deniz Gökçin, who lives in London, has returned at the same time to both the classical and grunge scenes, following her Pink Floyd Classical Concept album that was sold thousands, with the "#NirvanaProject." The album is currently in the top 10 iTunes Classical Albums Charts, a first for Nirvana!

'Aylin' by Ay?e Kulin, translated by Dara Çolako?lu (Amazon Crossing, 267 pages, $25)

A police officer who succumbed to his injuries 21 days after being wounded in clashes withthe outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has been buried in his hometown Kocaeli, in northwestern Turkey.

When a Russian jet violated Turkish airspace for 17 seconds, it was shot by Turkish war planes. I think Putin will make us all pay for these 17 secondsI wish I could write about these incredibly important 17 seconds, the time frame the Russian jet violated the Turkish airspace. It flew in and it flew out of Turkish airspace in 17 seconds. Wow. And it was shot by Turkish war planes. Yes. 

While discussing the Turkish startup scene with Galata Business Angels' General Manager Ay?e ?nal, I realized that there were not many successful "exits" out of Turkey. We could only count ten in the last 3 years that made it out of Turkey into the international market.

Children's rights in Turkey have not been improving over the years, with many continuing to lack education, a new report has said amid the marking of Universal Children's Day on Nov. 20.  

Nov. 20 has been celebrated as Universal Children's Day since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, which was signed by Turkey in 1990 and enacted in 1995.