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Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler Metehan Başar beat Germany's Denis Maksymilian Kudla in the 85-kg category final at the 2017 World Championships on Aug. 21 to claim the gold medal.

Başar beat Kudla 2-1 on the first day of the games in Paris, capturing his first world title.

A tunnel project of 2.1 kilometers in length passing through the Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) in the Turkish capital Ankara will destroy around 24 hectares of the university's forest land, the university's rector, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Verşan Kök, said on Aug. 15.  

A new Turkish singing competition named "Reflect Your Light," has been organized by famous singer Kaya Event. The judges are actress Zuhal Olcay, veteran musician Cahit Berkay, music video director Nihat Odabaşı, and music manager and event planner Selçuk Kaya.

A court in the Central Anatolian province of Eskişehir has ordered the arrest of three suspects for the armed assault attempt targeting Eskişehir Mayor Yılmaz Büyükerşen on July 29.

Earlier, five suspects had been referred to court over the attempted attack.

The last day of the first hearings in the case of daily Cumhuriyet journalists and executives began on July 28, as a verdict is expected to be announced in the evening hours. 

All 17 journalists and executives from the daily have testified over the past five days.

Turkish businesspeople in Germany have voiced concerns to state-run Anadolu Agency over recent tension between Berlin and Ankara, demanding a speedy recovery in relations.   

Germany will stand by the three million people with Turkish roots living there, its foreign
minister said, offering assurances that they were not Berlin's targets in a rapidly escalating political row with Ankara. 

Almost two-thirds of companies in Turkey's top 26 markets are happy with Turkish goods, with Britain, France and India voicing the biggest content, a fresh survey showed on July 19.

I have been writing "technology is politics" for years but only now are political columnists jumping on the bandwagon. Any technological progress, any new device, any new service cannot be evaluated on its own. Technology is very much intertwined with society, economics, military and politics.  

The Turkish Foreign Ministry strongly condemned Greece for an incident involving a Greek coast guard boat opening fire on a Turkish commercial ship on July 3.