Hakan Kilic and his family celebrate his mother-in-law's birthday every year in Turkey's Yalova province next to a portrait ...

Many worshipers will receive the marking of the cross in ash on their foreheads on Wednesday, meant to show that a person ...

Duke said the envelope contained the name of the deceased person, whom he declined to identify beyond saying it was an adult male. He said his deputies are looking for next of kin.

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From Urn to Canvas: Turkish Artist Used Ashes for Portrait of Deceased YALOVA, Turkey (Reuters) - Hakan Kilic and his family celebrate his mother-in-law's birthday every year in Turkey's Yalova ...