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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.
Bosnian Court Lifts Movement Restrictions on Turkish Citizen
A court in Bosnia and Herzegovina has terminated restrictions on the movement of Turkish citizen Fatih Keskin, previously imposed by the Service for Foreigners' Affairs following his arrest and subsequent release in December last year, the court told BIRN BiH.
Shepherd-turned-watchman guides visitors
After excavations began in a land where he herded his goats in the Mediterranean province of Antalya, Mustafa Keskin started to work as a watchman and is now guiding tourists about the history of the ancient city.
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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.
16-year-old diver wins 62 medals despite training in sponge pool
A 16-year-old national athlete awarded with 62 medals, of which most are gold, has been training in a sponge pool because of the lack of Olympic pools in the Aegean province of Afyonkarahisar, Doğan News Agency has reported.
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.
Turkish torture suspect shoots woman under police protection
A woman has been shot by her former fiancée, one month after she escaped from the balcony of her house in order to avoid being shot and tortured by him in Istanbul's Esenyurt neighborhood on April 14.
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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Body of executed ASALA member taken from Turkey to France after 33 years
The body of Levon Ekmekjian, a member of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) who was executed in Turkey in 1983, has been taken to France following an appeal from his family.
HDP's arrested district mayor in eastern Turkey removed over 'self-governance' remarks
The Interior Ministry removed a district co-mayor in the southeastern province of Van from her post on Oct. 28, on charges of "declaring self-governance."