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A village school in the southern province of Isparta has imparted education to just two students as the population of the village, which is 25 kilometers from the city center, has decreased over time.

The number of residents in the village, especially the young population, considerably decreased and eventually fell to nearly 330.

Twenty-one people survived being buried under heavy debris when a two-storey building collapsed in eastern Turkey, the government said, with no fatalities reported as search operations ended early on Nov. 10.

The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon on a busy street in the city of Malatya, as residents filled shops on their way home from work.

Dozens of graves and the remains of houses were found during excavations in the 7,000-year-old ancient mound of Arslantepe, a governorate in eastern Turkey said on Sept. 4.

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Some countries that claim to be fighting terrorism are either silent over the PKK group's execution of 13 Turkish citizens in Northern Iraq or they are trying to slur over it, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Feb. 15.

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake was recorded in Turkey's eastern Malatya province on Nov. 27, according to the country's disaster management agency.

The tremor occurred at a depth of 6.94 kilometers (4.3 miles) in the Pütürge district at 11:27 a.m. local time (0827GMT), the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said.

A magnitude-5 earthquake jolted eastern Turkey on June 5, according to the nation's disaster agency.

The earthquake occurred at the depth of seven kilometers (4.3 miles) in the Pütürge district of Malatya province, said the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) on its website.