Çankaya, Ankara

At least three people have died in a road traffic accident in Turkey, local media reported.

18 passengers have been injured. The bus has left the road on the Ankara-Konya route. This happened after a collision with a herd of cows that emerged on the highway in Ankara province. The injured were taken to hospital.

Russia's new ambassador to Ankara Aleksey V. Erkhov visited Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, on July 28. He paid a silent tribute to the First President of Turkey, according to a written statement from the Russian Embassy.

Russia's new ambassador to Turkey, Aleksey Yerhov, presented his letter of credentials to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on July 28. 

In May, Yerhov was appointed Russia's new ambassador to Ankara five months after the assassination of former envoy Andrey Karlov.

Yerhov is the former consul general in Istanbul. 

Turkish police detained 47 protesters demonstrating in support of two hunger-striking educators jailed in May in the capital Ankara on July 23.

Turkey's Defense Minister Fikri Işık and Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ have refuted recent claims that the premises of Anıtbakir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, would be opened to construction.

Turkey is set to mark the first anniversary of last year's deadly July 15 coup attempt with a series of commemoration events slated to take place all across Turkey, with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expected to address the public in Istanbul and Ankara.

Turkey and Russia are vital partners to each other, according to Aleksei Yerhov, the new Russian ambassador to Ankara appointed to replace the late Andrey Karlov, who was assassinated last year in the Turkish capital. 

The Turkish Red Crescent has sent more than $700 million in aid to Syria since civil war began in the country more than six years ago, the organization said June 11.

The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has identified five suspects in connection with the murder of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov and is pursuing the possibility that one of the five might have ordered the assassin police officer to kill the envoy, daily Yeni Şafak reported on June 12.

Police on Ankara were put on alert on May 31 after someone called in a fake bomb threat, daily Hürriyet reported on its website.

Buildings in Ankara's Kızılay district were evacuated due to the suspected bomb threat at an internet cafe.

A number of police officers were dispatched to the scene following the alert on Selanik Street in Kızlıay.