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Istanbul's High Criminal Court No: 30 has approved the indictment against the controversial Turkish televangelist Adnan Oktar and his collaborators, judicial sources said on July 19.

Today, at 11:30, was held an opening ceremony in Edirne for the construction of the high-speed rail line linking Istanbul's Halkali Station with the border crossing at the Bulgarian-Turkish border, Kapikule. This was announced earlier by the chairman of the Odrin organization of the ruling party in Turkey, quoted by local media, the BNR reported.

The life of one of Turkey's prominent painters, Devrim Erbil, will be featured in a film titled "The Sky was So Blue." The film, written and directed by Durmuş Akbulut, will start shooting on Aug. 21 in Istanbul and Balıkesir. 

An annual jazz festival hosting musicians from across the world in Istanbul aims to bolster the recognition of Turkish singers globally, said festival director on July 12.

A Turkish woman carrying a placard "I want to divorce" on July 8 initiated a protest outside a courthouse in the southern province of Adana.

The "Sacred Road" between two ancient Greek cities in what is today western Turkey have been unearthed.

Grueling, long touristic routes and squalid conditions have increased the number of horse deaths on the Princes' Islands off Istanbul, the district governor told a parliamentary commission.

The first group of prospective Turkish pilgrims left Istanbul on July 5 for the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia for the upcoming annual Hajj duty.

The humiliating loss of the election in Istanbul is not the only challenge facing Turkey's President - whose other problems include a growing economic crisis, dissent within his party, frayed relations with the West and even possible US sanctions

Growth and employment target set out in the new economic program will be overshot as the economy will show a stronger performance in the second half of the year, Turkish Finance and Treasury Minister Berat Albayrak said on July 5, addressing the 7th Ordinary General Assembly of the Association of Financial Leasing in Istanbul.