Earth's Children

The body of a 2.5-year-old girl, who went missing and searched for more than a year after she was trapped under the rubble in the Feb. 6 earthquakes, has been found in another quake-hit province.

The screening of Ayla: The Daughter of War, an acclaimed Turkish film, was organized in New York on March 8.

The continuous internal migration Turkey has experienced ever the course of the past decades is taking a toll on families and children, especially by creating feelings of insecurity, according to an NGO representative.

Korean War veteran Süleyman Dilbirliği, who adopted a five-year-old Korean orphan girl during the Korean War, has died at the age of 91 in Istanbul. Dilbirliği had adopted Eunja Kim during the war and named her Ayla.

In a very difficult period for Turkey's international public relations, movies are becoming a life vest. For the first time in October, there will be a "Turkish Film Festival" in Los Angeles and Turkey's Oscar nominee for foreign language film, "Ayla" will be the highlight.

Turkish director Can Ulkay's feature film "Ayla" will be Turkey's Oscar entry for next year's Oscars. 

According to information made by the Artistic Events Commission (SEK), a selective committee of 17 persons, including the Culture and Tourism Ministry officials and cinema professionals, evaluated 13 films and selected "Ayla" for the 90th Academy Awards to be held on March 4, 2018. 

Fossils in Çank?r? province have been coming to light since 1997 thanks to delicate works carried out by students from different universities Excavation work at the fossil site in the Central Anatolian province of Çank?r? has been ongoing for many years with the contribution of university students, using a special needle called ?biz.?