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The number of students enrolled in Turkish universities has soared past 7 million, a figure that now eclipses the populations of many provinces and even some European countries.

The nation celebrated the 101st anniversary of the Turkish Republic's founding on Oct. 29, with festivities held in cities across the country.

In the capital Ankara, streets and squares were adorned with Turkish flags, and citizens paid homage to modern Türkiye founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk by visiting Anıtkabir, his mausoleum.

Traces of a settlement dating back about 6,000 years have been found during excavations at Değirmenler Mound in the eastern province of Erzurum.

Starting on July 1, the two-month excavation in the area has uncovered settlement layers, human and animal bones, and ceramics, which are being analyzed.

The seismic gap extending to 130 kilometers in the Marmara Sea constitutes one of the main causes of the expected major earthquake, experts warned at a meeting held on the anniversary of the deadly Feb. 6 earthquakes that shook 11 southern provinces.

A 50-year-old woman in the northwestern province of Tekirdağ has become a trainee teacher in a kindergarten she donated to the Education Ministry in 2017 after studying pediatric development in a university for four years.

The Ata Ice Museum in the eastern province of Erzurum, one of the most important centers of winter tourism, is now welcoming visitors with new works of art.

Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gül on Dec. 25 announced that Ankara has started to hold talks regarding the extradition of a key suspect from Ukraine, in connection with the murder of Turkish academic Necip Hablemitoğlu.

Ukraine has arrested the suspected murderer of Turkish academic Necip Hablemitoğlu, Turkish security sources said on Dec. 16.

Archaeologists have unearthed ancient toys dating 2,000 years back in the Hellenistic period in the ancient seaport of Parion, located in Turkey’s northwestern province of Canakkale.

Excavations in one of the most important coastal towns of the Hellenistic era, the ancient city of Parion in the northwestern Turkish province of Çanakkale's Biga district, have unearthed a 2,000-year-old feeding bottle.