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A statue of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder and the first President of the Republic, was attacked in Samsun, the city to which he went to start the War of Independence. Two people have been arrested over the attack.

The gendarmerie have dragged the citizens out of the Akbelen forest in fire-hit Muğla while they were on vigil against the efforts of LİMAK Holding to extend the mine for coal supply to a thermal power plant. Villagers and environmentalists are still resisting.