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Göbeklitepe, Taş Tepeler and life 12,000 years ago exhibition opens in Berlin, Germany

On February 6, 2026, the "Gebaute Gemeinschaft - Göbeklitepe, Taş Tepeler and Life 12,000 Years Ago" exhibition opened at Berlin's James-Simon-Galerie. Scheduled to be running until July 19, 2026, the show featured 93 archaeological artifacts brought from Turkey from Göbeklitepe and the Taş Tepeler region.

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"Media and Tenkil" exhibit opens in Hanau, Germany

On February 7, 2026, the Tenkil Museum—a German civil society initiative documenting post-2016 human rights abuses in Turkey—opened its latest traveling exhibition "The Tenkil Catastrophe: Confronting and Healing" in Hanau, Germany, attracting thousands of visitors. Held at Schloßplatz 1, the event introduced the "Media & Tenkil" section for the first time, spotlighting media's role in the systematic oppression known as "tenkil" (exclusion, expulsion, and eradication).

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White House deletes Truth Social post portraying Obamas as apes

The White House has deleted a post on Donald Trump's social media account containing a video portraying former United States President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama as apes. The video triggered a backlash from American politicians, including from Trump's own Republican Party.

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Bruce Gallanter interviews Elliott Sharp, Joe Fonda at Downtown Music Gallery event

On January 12, Downtown Music Gallery in New York City hosted a public reading and discussion featuring Elliott Sharp and Joe Fonda, followed by their first-ever live performance together as a duo. The event also included extended, in-person interviews conducted by Bruce Gallanter focused on the artists’ recently published books.

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Boy retrieves Nintendo Switch locked away in gun safe, and shoots his father

On January 13, the night of his 11th birthday, a boy allegedly shot his father with a gun retrieved from a gun safe in the family's home in Duncannon Borough, Pennsylvania. According to court documents, the boy told investigators he became mad after his father told him to go to bed.

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