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The International Bosphorus Film Festival, which kicks off Nov. 20, will host Susan Batson, the acting coach of famous movie stars including Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Juliette Binoche and Liv Tyler. 

"Last year, Ivana Chubbuck attended our festival. This year we will host another very famous acting coach, Susan Batson," said Ogün ?anl?er, the chairman of the festival. 

A wild boar stirred panic in the Anatolian side of Istanbul when it finished swimming in the Bosphorus and ran around chasing local people in the coastal Beykoz neighborhood

Turkey has deported some of the eight suspected members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) who were detained in Istanbul this week, but others are still in custody, a government official said on Nov. 19.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Turkey on Nov. 25 to discuss Syria, TASS news agency reported on Nov. 19, citing the foreign ministry.

On Nov. 19, Lavrov said Russia was ready to work with Western coalition fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group if its members respect Syria's sovereignty.

US President Barack Obama on Nov. 19 said Syria's civil war would not end unless Bashar al-Assad leaves power, discounting suggestions the Middle Eastern leader could take part in future elections.

Former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Sebahat Tuncel was acquitted of "making terrorism propaganda" charges in two speeches by a court in southeastern Diyarbak?r province on Nov. 17.

Constructing a considerably large mosque in the heart of Istanbul's Asian side is among the plans published by Turkey's urbanization ministry, with a local municipality official saying the area in question is technically not convenient for construction. 

Security forces have seized a total of 103 historical artifacts in a house in the eastern province of Bitlis during an operation into an armed conflict case, as one of the suspects claimed the artifacts were given to her as wedding gifts.

Turkish Airlines (THY) are calling on international investors to "Invest in Turkey" in a logo on the fuselage of an Airbus-330.

The promotional aircraft is to fly to a number of destinations to promote Turkey across the world, THY said on Nov. 17.

Eight suspected militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have been detained in Istanbul's Atatürk Airport after criminal profilers interviewed the suspects and determined the suspects had plans to enter Germany illegally.