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The Turkish police force has marked the 179th anniversary of its establishment, with leading chiefs of the organization holding an official ceremony at the mausoleum of modern Türkiye's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

Commencing from the beginning of the week, the country's 81 provinces are witnessing official ceremonies for the anniversary.

Erol Ayyıldız, the governor of the Central Anatolian province of Eskişehir, has been appointed to the position of General Director of Police.

According to the decision, Ayyıldız was chosen to fill the vacant post following the appointment of former police chief Mehmet Aktaş as deputy interior minister.

As the color of the Riva Stream in Istanbul has turned black again and the pungent odor rising following the formation of an oil slick over its surface, the Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Ministry has started an investigation by taking samples from the water.

Within the scope of a project named "Köyvivor," the officials of a youth center in the eastern province of Muş have visited some 15 rural villages and organized competitions for some 2,000 village kids in three years.

"We just want to put a smile on their faces and share their happiness," Erol Çalışcı, the project coordinator, said on Nov. 21.

Turkey on May 22 marked the 65th death anniversary of Nene Hatun, one of the iconic symbols of the Turkish women's heroism against foreign invasion.

"A Turkish child may become an orphan, but will never be without a homeland," said Nene Hatun, a heroic Turkish mother who left her newborn baby behind to fight for her country.

The Constitutional Court on March 31 returned the indictment, which aimed to ban the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) due to the lack of procedure in the file.

The first review will be made after the Supreme Court Chief Public Prosecutor's Office completes the deficiencies and submits the indictment to the Constitutional Court.

Turkey's first indigenously-produced maritime missile Atmaca was tested on Feb. 4 in the Black Sea region.

Test activities of the Atmaca, a long-range anti-ship missile developed by Roketsan, was carried out in northern Sinop province, according to the city governorate.

Tens of thousands of Russian White Army soldiers, who fled from the Bolshevik Revolution and took refuge in Turkey 100 years ago, have been commemorated in a quiet ceremony in the Aegean province of Çanakkale's Gelibolu.

Four brothers have been arrested in the Turkish capital Ankara for killing their sister "because she was socializing with men." 

Özlem Aykutluğ, 35, was found shot dead in Ankara on Feb. 28 and homicide department police officers focused their investigation on her family in the eastern province of Kars. 

Turkey's biscuit sector, which made around $2.7 billion worth of exports in 2014, has been facing serious losses this year due to conflicts in neighboring countries, specifically in the Middle East region.