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Two storks seen in the ancient city of Patara, the capital of the Lycian Union in the Kaş district of Antalya, in mid-January has excited the excavation team working there. The storks were spotted on the walls of Anatolia's first wireless telegraph station, and after spending some time there, they flew hovering over the ancient city.

A Turkish Cypriot taxi driver has defeated COVID-19 and finally returned home safe and sound as Britain's longest-suffering COVID-19 patient to have survived.

Ali Sakallıoğlu, 56, spent 222 days in hospital in London and his family were told three times he was going to die.

Starting today, Istanbul's Pilevneli Gallery presents its selection of works, titled "Presentation Room - I," through Feb. 19, 2021.

The display was shaped by the gallery's selection of works planned for Contemporary Istanbul, the physical edition of which was postponed to 2021.

A 70-year-old local man in the Aegean province of Muğla turns wooden objects into models of historical buildings in his nine-square-meter carpenter workshop.

Retired after working as a carpenter for 55 years in the city, Ali İlhan has set up a workshop on a busy street in Menteşe district.

The hit Turkish series "20 minutes", nominated for the prestigious Emmy Awards, debuted in Bulgaria on Timeless Drama Channel (TDC). The unique global channel recently launched in Bulgaria and is available on the Bulsatcom network. 20 Minutes will offer viewers a story filled with dramatic twists, love emotions and endless battles between the good and the evil.

Almost 1.2 million babies were born in Turkey in 2019, according to data made public by the Interior Ministry's General Directorate of Civil Registration and Citizenship.

Of the 1,180,840 babies born, 8,816 male babies were named Yusuf, and 6,857 male babies were named Eymen.
The most popular names given to female babies were Zeynep, with 13,420, followed by Elif, with 8,586.

Bulgarians may have only heard of New York's Museum of Modern Art, MoMA, but now they can see some the most iconic artworks there - without having to fly to the Big Apple.

They just have to come to the village of Staro Zhelezare, near Hisarya and Plovdiv in central Bulgaria, and stroll along its streets, which artists have turned into an open-air gallery.

Iran's new communications minister said Tuesday that negotiations were underway with Twitter to unblock the service, which has been banned for years despite being used even by the country's supreme leader, according to The Jakarta Post.onl

"(Twitter) has announced that it is prepared to negotiate to resolve problems," Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi told the Iran daily newspaper.

Turkey's government has placed both a 14-year-old rape victim and her newborn baby under legal protection after the girl gave birth in the Kiraz district of the western province of İzmir, daily Habertürk reported May 30. 

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has secured the necessary majority in Friday's election, defeating his conservative rival, Ebrahim Raisi, according to the country's Interior Minister.

Rouhani has secured over 23.549 million votes, while Raisi has garnered around 15.786 million.