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Fatih Atlı won the 653th Kırkpınar Oil Wrestling tournament, and claimed the “Başpehlivan” title on June 22 for the first time.

“It’s hot and there is the fans’ pressure, but I overcame it thanks to my coach,” Atlı said.

Two Turks have won an online contest to find a new creative director for “the largest porn site on the Internet,” thanks to a poster suggesting, “All you need is hand.”

The Turkish wine sector is suffering from marketing restrictions brought about by new alcohol regulations, as the country’s wine makers continue to lose ground against newcomers in the market such as Georgia, Moldova and Israel.

The 41st Altın Kelebek (Golden Butterfly) Awards, which were presented on June 22 at a ceremony at Istanbul’s Zorlu Center, witnessed tributes to the Soma mining disaster victims and the Gezi Park protests.

Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek’s nearly two million Twitter followers had a surprise this morning, with tweets inviting them for a delicious simit in the city’s main square and announcing free public transportation, which sounded too goofy even by the eccentric standards of the social media-loving mayor.

The government should tackle the stranglehold of the Central Bank, just like it did against the military tutelage, according to a prominent member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).

Der Spiegel reporter Hasnain Kazim has said the death threats he has received in Turkey were even “worse than Taliban.”

Turkey is very supportive of the UN, says the head of the United Nations Development Program, adding that it is breaking ground in its transition from a recipient to a provider of development support. ‘Turkey has a very positive story to tell and an experience to share,’ says Helen Clark.

There is a confessor that has been discovered by the pro-governmental media at the start of the war between the government and the “cemaat.” His name is Latif Erdoğan.

Once upon a time, a man with big eyes and an endless oratory capability was shouting at every square of the country: “They were going to bomb our mosques … They were going to provoke a war with our neighbor Greece … They were going to provoke martial law … Using the powers imbued by the martial law, they were going to overtake the government … The plan was foiled!”