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Angered by mobbing, woman becomes mayor after defeating former boss
A municipal employee in the northwestern province of Bilecik who ran for mayor as an independent candidate in the district of Pazaryeri after resigning due to workplace "mobbing" has managed to beat her former boss and win the seat.
Father of bullying victim to stand trial over outburst
The father of a college student who committed suicide after being subjected to violent and vicious bullying from a group of peers is due to stand trial on Monday for allegedly attacking the former director of the school where the tragedy transpired in 2015.
Homophobia probe launched into retirement home
Supreme Court prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou on Wednesday ordered an investigation into a report in Iefimerida according to which a retirement home in Kalavryta removed a resident because he was homosexual.
Dimitriou asked a local prosecutor to determine whether the management or staff at the institution should be charged under a law cracking down on discrimination.
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'Bullied' student sends 25 peers to hospital by dripping glue in their water bottles
Twenty-five students have been hospitalized in the western Turkish province of Bursa after one of their peers dripped glue into their water bottles out of revenge for bullying.
Cases of Violence Against Doctors in Bulgaria Are Growing
Protesters' Fake Gallows Outrages Serbian Govt Supporters
Serbian police on Monday interrogated two participants at last weekend's anti-government protests for allegedly carrying a makeshift gallows during the rally in Belgrade on February 2.
Turkish firm uses cannabis to produce radiation-blocking x-ray
Turkish venture firm TechnoArge has created an x-ray scanner for airports made with a cannabis-based composite that prevents radiation from spreading to the environment.
New digital platform to encourage critical thinking among kids in Turkey
It was her children's intense wish to get hold of her phone that led the South Korean scientist Yuhyun Park to accept the inevitability of coping with the digital world.
"Antisemitism, xenophobiia, hate speech on rise in Europe"
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic posted this on Facebok on Monday, adding:
"We all, state authorities, international organizations, civil society, academia and the media must do our utmost to counter this trend and recommit to the values and principles born after the tragedy of the Holocaust."
Exhibition in Istanbul: Loneliness and solitude create a new language
What does loneliness or solitude feel like? How do we feel if we are left all alone? Are we happy all alone or is it possible to isolate ourselves in society? The art of Gökhan Gökseven forces upon these questions, because as much as it is about himself, he wants the viewer to discover themselves and feel the solitude in his paintings.