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Cem Özdemir, Germany's new food and agriculture minister of Turkish origin, visited the presidential palace to receive his certificate of appointment on a bicycle, while other ministers arrived in black cars.

Özdemir, from the Green Party, is the first Turkish descent politician to assume a federal minister post.

Eighteen candidates of Turkish descent have been elected as lawmakers in Germany's federal parliament, Bundestag, in the country's elections that took place on Sept. 26.

The Social Democratic Party (SPD) won the most parliamentary seats in the national elections, while Angela Merkel's conservative CDU/CSU bloc came in second, preliminary official results showed on Sept. 27.

Details into the suicide of teenage student Cansel B.K. after she was allegedly sexually assaulted by her math teacher in the Central Anatolian province of Kayseri have begun to emerge, while her family remains in shock over the incident. 

A Turkish high-school student's suicide following a sexual assault by her math teacher in the Central Anatolian province of Kayseri has sparked nationwide outrage while resuming the debate about violence against women.

A high school girl in Turkey's central Anatolian province of Kayseri committed suicide on Feb. 17 after being sexually assaulted by her teacher.