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Turkey’s main opposition has issued a parliamentary question on reports that an Airbus worth 436 million Turkish Liras was bought by President-elect Recep Tayyip Erdoğan using state finances.

Some 6,000 people formed a giant portrait of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, with their bodies on Aug. 26, the anniversary of the 1922 Battle of Dumlupınar, one of the final battles in Turkey’s War of Independence.

Thousands of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk fans will form a giant portrait of the Turkish Republic’s founder, to mark the country’s national Victory Day, celebrated on the anniversary of the 1922 Battle of Dumlupınar, one of the final battles in Turkey’s War of Independence.

It was my first time in the Çankaya Presidential Palace after 10 years. I have covered Süleyman Demirel’s presidency as a reporter, but it was a different place then. So when I received the invitation for the final reception hosted by President Gül and Mrs. Gül, I was sure that this was going to be exciting. And so it was.

The removal of a statue of a senior member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has triggered clashes in southeastern Turkey, with protesters targeting busts of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic.

A Diyarbakır court has ruled for the demolition of a statue of Mahsum Korkmaz, one of the founders of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which was erected in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır on Aug. 16.

A fire broke out at the Atatürk Forest Farm in Ankara on Aug. 17, destroying a large number of trees. The cause of the blaze has yet to be found.

Firefighting teams brought the fire under control around one hour after it erupted in a forested area near to where a huge new Prime Ministry complex is being built.

Some 50 former deputies of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) have joined the dissidents in vocing their discontent against the party leader and calling for his resignation.

The Vatican has called on Muslim religious leaders to condemn “unspeakable criminal acts” by militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), citing the abolishment of the caliphate by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founding father of the Turkish Republic.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Turkey will protect its stability and beef up its power at a moment when there are very important developments in the world and the region, in an effort to make peace and stability in the region permanent. Erdoğan’s statement came as the country’s Supreme Military Council (YAŞ) begun its semiannual work on Aug.