Tokat

After 15 years of stalled restoration efforts at Tokat Castle, believed to have once housed the notorious Dracula in its dungeons, the landmark still awaits completion of restoration works.

"The castle where Vlad Dracula was held captive is in [the Central Anatolian province of] Tokat," history researcher Aybike Gazioglü said.

The ancient city of Sebastapolis, which remained under the Sulusaray district of the northern province of Tokat, expects the relocation of the district so that it can be fully unearthed.

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Following a deadly collision between a car and a small panel van on June 3 in the Central Anatolian province of Sivas, at least nine people, including three children, lost their lives, a senior official has said.

The accident occurred in the Gölova district on a road connecting Sivas to the Tokat province, according to Sivas Governor Salih Ayhan.

History enthusiasts are holding their breaths for the restoration of Tokat Castle in Turkey, where archeologists say Vlad the Impaler was held hostage for four years in the 15th century. (DHA Photo)

The Culture and Tourism Ministry opens Turkey's first Baby and Children's Library in the northern province of Tokat. The library is equipped with materials such as toys and touch books that will be used for visual reading periods of infants between the ages of zero and three years.

Japanese giant hornets have killed some 12 million bees in the northern Turkish province of Tokat. Click through for the story in photos.

The manuscripts of an 800-year-old Quran are currently on display at the Tokat Museum in northern Turkey.

A public prosecutor’s office in the northern province of Tokat issued arrest warrants for 34 suspects, including 19 soldiers, on Jan. 8 for alleged links to the Fethullahist Terrorist Organization (FETÖ), according to a judicial source.

İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener has claimed civilians are receiving weapons training in camps in the Black Sea province of Tokat and the Central Anatolian province of Konya, daily Sözcü reported on Jan. 2.

Water coming out of a hidden tunnel has caused difficulty in the progress of the restoration work on Tokat Castle, also known as the "dungeon of Dracula."

The hidden tunnel, named "Ceylan Yolu," was discovered during the restoration work, which started in 2009, on Tokat Castle in the northern Anatolian province of Tokat.