Mersin

Excavations continue in Turkey's southern coastal city of Mersin at the Yumuktepe Höyük (tumulus) that dates back to 7,000 BC, the head of the research team has told Anadolu Agency.

An Iranian-flagged oil tanker pursued by the U.S. amid heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington changed its listed destination to a port in Turkey early Saturday after Greece said it wouldn't risk its relations with America by aiding it.

The Turkish Supreme Election Council, YSK on Monday ordered a re-run of March's mayoral elections in Istanbul after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's coalition complained of irregularities following its defeat at the polls in the country's biggest city.

Police seized a total of 1.96 million illicit drug pills in an operation in the southern coastal city of Mersin, Demirören News Agency reported.

An ancient seal dating back to around 9,000 years ago was unearthed in a mound in southern coastal city of Mersin. The seal, dating back to 7,000 B.C., was uncovered in excavations at Yumuktepe mound, located four kilometers west of the city center. 

Cypriot police say 34 Syrian migrants who arrived by boat in the east Mediterranean island nation are seeking asylum.

Police said Monday the migrants, including six children and two women, have been taken to a reception center on the outskirts of the capital, Nicosia.

The first train to run from Turkey to Azerbaijan on the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway departed from the Turkish southern port city of Mersin on Nov. 29.

On Aug. 29, the Treasury Department announced that a senior Islamic State official, Salim Mustafa Muhammad al-Mansur, had been added to the US government’s list of specially designated global terrorists.

Turkey's leading glass maker Şişecam plans to increase production capacity in several facilities at home and in Italy and India, its general manager said.

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) aims to win the mayoralties of seven key big city metropolitan areas in the upcoming local elections in 2019, party leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu had said, stating that the party works on the strategies for campaigns.