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Chief physician stripped of top post after mobbing case
Following the investigation into a mobbing case, the Health Ministry has found chief physician Ayşegül Alkan guilty, and as a consequence, she will not be allowed to work as a chief again in her professional life.
Students develop seeding tool to re-green burned forests
With an aim to re-green the burned forestlands, Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University students have developed a seeding tool named "Seedrone," which can do seeding from the air.
A group of students from Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University Vocational School of Technical Sciences has developed a project for the re-greening of forests damaged by fires.
Turkey’s southeast exodus after earthquake puts manufacturing at risk
Mehmet Alkan, a shoe-sole manufacturer in Turkey's earthquake-hit south, doesn't know what will become of his company after some of his 220 employees died and half fled, reflecting the difficult transformation ahead for industry in the region.
Homeless man sentenced to house arrest in Istanbul
A homeless man has been sentenced to house arrest for using and selling drugs in Istanbul's Kadıköy district, Doğan News Agency reported.
Barış Alkan, 31, is not allowed to step outside the boundaries of a confined public area near a city bus station in the Söğütlüçeşme neighborhood because it is listed as his address in court records.
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VIDEO: TV 'summoning genie session' sparks debate on Turkish social media
A "summoning genie session" shown live on a private broadcaster has sparked ridicule on social media in Turkey.
The TV show "City and Human," which is broadcast on small satellite TV station "Yaşam TV," hosted as a guest a man named Mehmet Alkan, who claimed that he was actually a "warlock."
Russian tourism giant's Turkish unit asks for suspension of bankruptcy
Russia?s tourism giant Tez Tour?s Turkish unit Alkan Group has requested for the suspension of bankruptcy for over 322 million Turkish Liras ($136.3 million) of debts due to the economic problems in Russia and Egypt. The company brought over 1 million tourists to Turkey last year.