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Nevruz, the day marking the beginning of spring, has been celebrated despite restrictions across Turkey due to security concerns. 

Police intervened with tear gas against a group of protesters, who - despite a ban by the Istanbul Governor's Office - sought to celebrate Nevruz in the Bak?rköy district on March 20. State-run Anadolu Agency reported that "many" people were detained. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has gifted a bicycle to a Syrian toddler who was captured on camera being hurled to the ground by a street vendor at a traditional bazaar in ?zmir, while the aggressor was released by a local court after a judicial control decision. 

Istanbul has the best record in regards to gender equality among 81 Turkish provinces, while the eastern province of Bitlis has been named the least equalitarian province, according to a recent survey.

Recently at a gathering of journalists friends, we were complaining that while there has not been any improvement in the climate of freedoms in the country, less and less craftsmen were writing about the lack of freedom of expression and, of course, media freedom, being castrated in the country.

Thousands of people have continued to protest against plans to construct a gold mine in a pristine area of remote northeastern Turkey.

Turkish security forces fired tear gas on the second day of a protest against a gold mine being built in an ecologically pristine area in the country's Black Sea region. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has two theses: The presidential system would uplift Turkey, as this is how developed countries are ruled, and there can also be a presidential system in unitary states. 

Heavy snowfall and blizzards have frozen day-to-day life across Turkey, with hundreds of village roads blocked off in eastern parts of the country.

A total of 837 roads leading to villages in the eastern provinces of Erzurum, Erzincan, Ardahan, A?r?, Tunceli and Kars were reported to be blocked by heavy snowfall and blizzards, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

The governor of Edirne has inaugurated a watering trough in the northwestern province, built to provide drinking water to cattle and other livestock, with an official ceremony in Edirne's Azakl? village. 

The Food, Agriculture and Livestock Ministry constructed water troughs for animals in 13 villages across Edirne. 

The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) filed 290 requests for permits to conduct anti-terror operations in three Turkish provinces with the corresponding governor's offices in 2014, with only eight of them receiving a positive response, daily Hürriyet has reported.