İzmir

In an incident first of its kind, a landlord in the western province of İzmir, has started living in his house with his tenants, waiting for them to leave.

"I am like a guest of my renters," 50 year-old Engin Alkan told the daily Milliyet on Aug. 14.

The statue of Neşet Ertaş, a legendary folk singer and poet, who died in 2012, has been attacked in the Central Anatolian province of Kırşehir.

While it has not yet been determined who attacked the statue, the police launched a large-scale investigation into the incident.

A documentary depicting the environmental problems the flamingos of the Delta of Gediz face has won the "Best Environmental Movie" award at the Los Angeles Documentary Film Festival.

Istanbul Police Department has assigned a special team to inspect the attack carried out by two assailants on Selami Sarıtaş, the head of a cemevi in Istanbul's Kartal district, on Aug. 5.

One of the two motorcyclists, who allegedly made a scouting trip on the street before, approached Sarıtaş, who was returning home in his car, under the pretext of asking for an address.

The attacks on Alevi prayer houses, known as the "cemevi," in the capital Ankara are connected to some terror groups, the spokesperson of the interior ministry has said.

"Three people were detained. They have connections to some organizations," İsmail Çataklı said on late Aug. 3.

Following her adventurous trip to 45 countries in five continents on a motorcycle, Asil Özbay, a 35-years-old academic from the western province of İzmir's Gediz University, is now preparing to collect her years of experience into a book titled "Anın İçinde Rutinin Dışında" (In the Moment Out of Routine).

Famous Turkish basketball player Cedi Osman, who plays for NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers, has tied the knot with actress Ebru Şahin at a wedding ceremony in the western province of İzmir's coastal district Çeşme.

Some 250 celebrities and family members gathered at the ceremony on July 9.

"We are very excited," said the 27-year-old captain of the Turkish national basketball team.

Turkish Coast Guard teams have saved a total of 186 irregular migrants that were pushed back to Turkish waters by Greece in two separate operations conducted in the İzmir and Muğla provinces.

Glamping, also known as "vacationing in luxurious tents," is an important tourism alternative and Türkiye has established the legal base for it, Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy has said.

The coronavirus pandemic hit the entertainers the most, one of them being a female percussion artist who had to resign from her orchestra, but little did she know that her videos of playing the goblet drum would make her a social media sensation.

"People getting astonished while seeing me play goblet drum gives me a kick," Ceren Özdemir said.