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The Family and Social Policies Ministry has called on parents to join Facebook and Twitter if their children have accounts, in a recently released book titled as “Family and Internet.”

A Turkish lawmaker who discovered that Parliament’s Internet filter system denied access to the website of a Protestant church in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır due to “pornographic content” has visited the church to apologize for the wrongdoing.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has refused to comment on the nomination of Ekmelettin İhsanoğlu as the joint opposition presidential candidate, simply stating that the “most valuable evaluation” will be made by the people in the election.

Political instability and violence will have a negative impact on Turkey’s current account deficit, Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek has said, fueling worries on the country’s overreliance for external energy resources.

The valedictorian of a high school in the western Turkish province of Kocaeli has risked his award with his acceptance speech commemorating the young victims of the Gezi Park protests, the school principal said June 17.

Aydın Doğan International Cartoon Competition kicks off in Bodrum as prominent names have taken their seats in the selection committee Leading cartoonists from Turkey and around the world gathered for the 31st Aydın Doğan International Cartoon Competition in Bodrum yesterday in excitement to choose this year’s winners.

Turkey’s beloved transgender singer Bülent Ersoy may not be a global star, but she nevertheless has many followers all across the world and even one impersonator: A Singaporen artist living in Berlin and known for her alias Bülent Wongsoy.

At the 25th Ankara International Film Festival, the awards for best film, best actress, best actor and best actor in a supporting role were given to Atıl İnanç’s film “Daire” (Circle).

Turkish hackers have defaced Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz’s website following his “warning” to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan over his upcoming visit to Vienna.

“I warn Prime Minister Erdoğan explicitly: he should not introduce splits into Austrian society,” Kurz told daily Österreich on June 13.

The Interior Ministry has defended the dismissal of a policeman due to his sexual orientation, on the grounds that the law stipulates “the weeding out of these kinds of public servants,” daily Milliyet reported June 16.