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A court has ordered renowned Turkish author Elif Şafak and Doğan Publishing to pay a total of 252,000 Turkish Liras ($8,320) in damages to Mine Kırıkkınat for copying her work.

The case was brought to light by Turkish author Kırıkkanat, whose work "Fly Palace" was copied by Şafak in her "Flea Palace."

A businesswoman from southeast Türkiye, who won a 4.5 million Turkish Liras ($240,820) jackpot in Turkish Cyprus in 2016 but was not paid due to "technical malfunction in the machine," has won a six-year legal battle when the court ruled that the prize be paid with statutory interest.

A pro-Islamic Party Nyanset (Nuance Party) is targeting Sweden's Turkish and Muslim communities in a bid to reach the election threshold of 4% and enter parliament in the 2022 elections.

Another day of tension prevailed in the Aegean Tuesday as Turkish fighter jets violated Greek national airspace 30 times.

Seven of those violations resulted in mock dogfights with Greek F-16s. Five overflights were also recorded in Arkioi, Leipsoi, Makronisi, Anthropofagous and Fournoi. 

A leading Turkish diplomat has reportedly distanced himself from Ankara's "Blue Homeland" doctrine - which envisions Turkey's influence over a large stretch of the Mediterranean. 

A Qatari businessman vowed to give away three new cars as gifts to celebrate Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's election victory while suggesting to rename his country's traditional camel races as "the Erdoğan race," Turkish daily Yeni Şafak reported on June 27. 

The Ankara Prosecutor’s Office has opened an investigation into claims that answers to 16 Turkish postgraduate study entrance examinations were stolen and distributed to sympathizers of the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, pro-government daily Yeni Şafak reported on Dec. 19.

Ankara has issued a diplomatic note to Berlin asking whether the fugitive prime suspect of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt, Adil Öksüz, is in Germany, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said in an interview on Aug. 16. 

Once a bestselling novel about spiritualism, the title of this short article is now Turkey's search for religiosity vs. secularism and personal beliefs vs. political triumphs. But the reason is a sober one. Since the coup attempt of July 15, 2016, Turks from all walks of life have started questioning the role of religion in public and political life.

Kadir Demirel, the editor-in-chief of daily Yeni Akit, was stabbed to death by his son-in-law in Istanbul on May 29, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.