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‘Elif Ana’ honored in Russian film festival
Turkish directors Kazım Öz and Semir Aslanyürek's film "Elif Ana" (Mother Elif) has become the winner of the special jury prize and the special organizing committee award at the 32nd International Golden Knight Film Festival in Grozny, Russia.
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Istanbul Opera Festival kicks off with baroque night
Music lovers had the chance to attend a weekend baroque concert held as part of the 12th International Istanbul Opera Festival at the Garden of the Archeology Museum.
Turkish dramas captivate Hispanic audiences
Turkey has achieved what many other countries yearn for: conquering Hispanic audiences.
In countries including Brazil, considered the birthplace of telenovelas, characters named Zeynep, Elif and Ömer have come to replace names such as Maribel, Esmeralda and Victor Manuel.
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Fox pays visits to its foster family in Central Anatolian province
A fox keeps visiting its foster family that fed it for three months after it was born in the Central Anatolian province of Tokat.
The Aktürk family, living in the Üçkaya village, had found the newborn fox in their field in March.
They named it "Pamuk," which means "Cotton" in Turkish, and took care of it for three months and then released it into the wild.
Turkish neo-Nazi terrorism victim remembered in Germany
Mehmet Kubaşık was remembered here on April 4, 14 years after he was killed by a neo-Nazi terror group.
A small group left flowers at a memorial in Mallinckrodt, where he used to run a small bookstore.
Chief Consul of Essen, Şener Cebeci, said a small group participated in the event although there are measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
Nearly 1.2 million babies born in Turkey in 2019
Almost 1.2 million babies were born in Turkey in 2019, according to data made public by the Interior Ministry's General Directorate of Civil Registration and Citizenship.
Of the 1,180,840 babies born, 8,816 male babies were named Yusuf, and 6,857 male babies were named Eymen.
The most popular names given to female babies were Zeynep, with 13,420, followed by Elif, with 8,586.
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Turkish mom tortures toddler by injecting her with bleach, liquid soap
The woman, identified only as Elif K., and her daughter, Eylül Miray.
The 23rd Deaflympics in Turkey's Samsun close
The 23rd Deaflympics, which began on July 18 in the coastal Black Sea province of Samsun with more than 3,000 athletes from 97 countries participating, concluded on July 30.
Turkey bagged 39 medals at the event, including 14 golds, six silvers and 19 bronzes, according to the official website of the 2017 Deaflympics.
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'The Idiot' by Elif Batuman
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Zeynep remains most popular girl name in Turkey for 16 years
The name Zeynep has remained as the most popular name given to baby girls by parents, data compilation made with information obtained from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) and the Population Directorate has shown.