Bursa

A Syrian teenager who fled the country’s civil war in 2012 and settled in Turkey now has hopes of studying music in New York, thanks to his prodigious piano talent and a series of coincidences that has given his music a wider platform.

A group of workers have found a tortured stray puppy in a construction field near the western Turkish province of Bursa in the latest case of ill-treatment against street animals.

The young dog was bleeding and had its ears cut when teams from the municipal veterinary institution were dispatched to the scene, and it was immediately taken for surgery.

A much–hyped panic button system intended to protect women against violence has been a failure, Family and Social Policies Minister Ayşenur İslam has acknowledged, after the government conducted an impact analysis regarding the panic button system.

A Turkish woman has filed a criminal complaint after she discovered semen in in her shoes, prompting local police to compare the DNA with the samples in the database of sex offenders.

A supermarket has been built on top of the ancient city of Myrleia, dating back to 700 BC, in the western province of Bursa, despite ongoing court cases related to the protection of the area.

The young and talented Turkish photographer, Cem Ersavcı, passed away after being hit by a car while riding his bike in the western province of Bursa on Aug. 24. Ersavcı was seriously injured and rushed to the hospital by a medical helicopter after the crash, but lost his life in the early hours of Aug. 25.

Google’s special doodle for Turkey’s first ever presidential election by a popular vote has created some controversy as the ballot in the image was ticked in favor of one of the candidates on the end of the paper, prompting debates about subliminal messages.

Google’s special doodle for Turkey’s first ever presidential election by a popular vote has created some controversy as the ballot in the image was ticked in favor of one of the candidates on the end of the paper, prompting debates about subliminal messages.

Presidential candidate Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu has strongly condemned The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which has seized parts of Syria and Iraq and has been keeping 49 Turks hostage in Mosul for more than a month.

A deputy governor in the western Turkish province of Bursa recently organized an Ottoman-style circumcision ceremony for his son near the tomb of a sultan, drawing public criticism and prompting officials to announce his retirement on May 30.