Culture

Turkey?s media watchdog has issued a formal warning to a private station over its use of the word ?God,? rather than ?Allah,? in the dubbing of a foreign TV series.

Turkish citizens are now allowed to pose wearing a fez or a niqab in photographs officializing their wedding, due to a new change in marriage regulations.

The most hotly debated issue in an amended article that passed into law on Feb. 10 is the new stipulation that couples would not have to acquire a "license to marry" before they can wed.

The British Council, in cooperation with Snook, Google and the Future Library are organizing the first Culture Shift in Athens, between the 6th and 8th of March, 2015. The event will take place in the Ilioupolis Public Library.

Couples in Turkey will now be required to acquire a ?license to marry? before they can wed following a new cabinet decision.

?A person who applies for marriage according to the provisions of this regulation must prepare the affidavit and the license to marry,? according to an amended article that was published in the Official Gazette on Feb. 10.

An academic center for the restoration and protection of cultural items has been established by Dicle University in the southeastern province of Diyarbak?r. The purpose of the center is to give academic and scientific support to cultural structures, especially in Diyarbak?r and the surrounding region.

A group of Alevi associations partnered with the E?itim-Sen teachers' union staged a rally on Feb. 8 in Istanbul's Kad?köy district against compulsory religion classes and forming the education system according to religious rules.

Turkish tourism players have their eyes set on Japanese tourists, as they look to diversify incoming tourist sources over looming retreats in Russia and European markets, a top representative of the sector has said.

The Council of State, the country?s highest administrative court, is due to rule on a 418-million-euro investment plan, which, if approved, will pave the way for the biggest-ever tourism-related development in Greece.

Hundreds of thousands of books, many paintings and photographs that had been abandoned to their fate in the storage of the National Library in Ankara came to light in 2013 with the order of Culture and Tourism Minister Ömer Çelik.

Kazakhstan has been looking into the possibility of imposing embargo on certain Russian goods. Some imported products have experienced price a decrease as a result of the ruble devaluation over the past several months.