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In an appeal for increased gender equality in local politics, Turkish Women Mayors Platform head Nurgül Uçar Aktuğ has expressed concerns over the strikingly low number of elected female local administrators.

The Turkish Contemporary Association (ÇEV) Sanat will organize a concert event on May 23 at Istanbul's Atatürk Cultural Center (AKM), where young musicians who represent Turkey on the international stage, will perform.

Turkey has experienced one of the hottest days of the year over the last week as a heatwave across the country has sparked high temperatures.

When the air temperature exceeded 44 degrees Celsius in İzmir, Muğla and Antalya provinces on the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts, public beaches, hotels and swimming pools were flooded by residents who wanted to cool off.

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Three workers were killed in an accident in an Alia?a Iron and Steel Plant in the Aegean province of ?zmir on Jan. 14.

A figure skating pair competing for Turkey has been told to cut short a training program in Russia in the wake of a recent crisis between the two countries.

Russian coach Alexander Zhulin told Russia's "R-Sport" that the Turkish ice dancing duo of Alisa Agafonova and Alper Uçar left Russia on Dec. 5 upon a request from the Turkish Youth and Sports Ministry.