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Disabled woman gets literacy training in hospital room

A 27-year-old physically disabled woman who never went to school and could not read or write received literacy training in the hospital where she was treated.

Born and raised in the southern province of Adıyaman's İnlice village, 27-year-old Gizem Keskin was born with inverted feet and a hole in her heart.

Travel bans of novelist Erdoğan, linguist Alpay lifted

A court on June 22 lifted foreign travel bans imposed on one of Turkey's leading contemporary novelists, Aslı Erdoğan, and linguist Necmiye Alpay after they were put on trial on charges of "supporting terrorist groups." 

The move by the Istanbul court will allow Erdoğan to travel abroad and receive prizes she has been unable to collect due the ban.

Police officer in Turkey's Muğla dies after gun accidentally fires

A police officer was killed on Sept. 28 when a gun under his pillow allegedly fired accidentally in the Köyceğiz district of the Aegean province of Muğla, Doğan News Agency has reported.
Fatih Keskin, 42, who had been working as a police officer for 21 years, was allegedly killed when the gun under his pillow accidently fired and shot him in the head.

First Turkish-Iranian film on screen in May

The first film to be jointly produced by Turkey and Iran, "Yar?n?n Ad? Ba?ka" (Tomorrow's Name is Different), is set to be released in May. 

The film, which was mostly shot in Köprüler neighborhood in the eastern Turkish province of Van's Edremit district, was written by Moharram Zaynalzadeh and directed by Mustafa Dalezy. 

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