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Prosecutor shot in head during birthday party

A Turkish prosecutor has seriously been injured by a suspicious gun shot in the head while celebrating her birthday with a group of friends at her home.

The 28-year-old Özlem Salkım, a prosecutor in the Central Anatolian province of Yozgat's Sorgun district, invited a group of friends working for various public institutions in the city to her home for a birthday party.

Suspect who threatened Hrant Dink Foundation arrested

A suspect who sent a death threat to the Hrant Dink Foundation has been arrested, according to local media reports.

The suspect, identified only by the initials H.A., was detained on May 30.

Turkey's interior ministry on May 30 said that H.A. and an assailant who ripped off a cross outside an Armenian church in Istanbul were detained.