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Appointment of trustee panel for Koza ?pek holding creates uproar in Turkey
The appointment of a trustee panel for Koza ?pek, a corporation linked to the government's ally-turned-nemesis Fethullah Gülen, ahead of the general elections on Nov. 1 has created an uproar across Turkey.
Huge crowds flock to 19 May meeting at Atatürk mausoleum
Turkey?s May 19 Youth and Sports Day was been marked by a huge crowds in the capital Ankara, as a concert took place at the ?An?tkabir? mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk for the first time in 17 years, in coordination with the mausoleum?s military command.
An?tkabir was open until midnight on May 19 for the concert, attracting large crowds.
Meeting to bring together all against homophobia and transphobia
May 17 is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, a day of celebration of sexual identities and sexual orientations, a day to raise awareness on the violation of LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex individuals) rights in as many as 120 countries and, as Y?ld?z Tar from the Turkish LGBTI rights organization Kaos GL puts it, "a day to stand against and take a
Artists probed over film condemning impunity in Gezi victim's death
An investigation has been opened into the artists who appeared in a short film commemorating the one-year anniversary of the death of Berkin Elvan, a young Gezi protest victim.
The public prosecutor of the Istanbul Press Offences Bureau summoned the well-known figures, from musicians to actors, who performed on the short film over an alleged "abetment."