Aksaray

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has made new governor appointments in 57 of all 81 provinces early on Aug. 10 with a presidential decree published in the Official Gazette.

The Agriculture and Forestry Ministry is working on projects aimed at utilizing geothermal energy resources, particularly in urban agriculture, while officials are looking into ways to boost biomass production in rural areas.

The ministry favors the specialized greenhouse-organized industrial zones based on geothermal heating (TDİOSB) as the more appropriate model.

Turkey's Little Hagia Sophia, a church which was converted into a mosque, received thousands of tourists every year prior to the pandemic.

The architectural marvel situated in the Güzelyurt district of central Aksaray province was built by Roman Emperor Theodosius I for Saint Gregorius Theologos in 385 CE.

Turkey brought back 777 of its nationals from Morocco, Algeria, Italy, and the U.S. early on April 25 as part of its ongoing repatriation efforts.

It is working to bring back nearly 25,000 citizens for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan who have been stranded abroad because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A bus carrying passengers plunged off the road and overturned in the central Turkish province of Aksaray, injuring some 41 people.         

The Garmin Runfire Salt Lake Ultra Trail marathon has kicked off at Turkey's Lake Tuz in Aksaray province. Click through for the story in photos...

A group of six new-born puppies known as "Malaklı" has left visitors in admiration in the central Anatolian province of Aksaray. 

Fatih Dağdaş, the breeder of the Bandogs, said the puppies were born 15 days ago, noting that they need special care particularly in the winter.

Police have captured an outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militant whom they suspect carried out a "motorbike bomb" attack on Oct. 6 that wounded 10 people near an Istanbul police station.
A total of six people had been detained in connection with the attack in the Yenibosna neighborhood, several kilometres from Istanbul's Atatürk Airport.

Yet another journalist has been detained in Turkey for social media postings and is being interrogated by counter-terrorism police in Istanbul.

Cappadocia?s A??kl? Mound is known as the first village in the central Anatolia region. Tourists can see exact copies of the findings in the mound when they visit the area The A??kl? Mound, where settlement first started in the Cappadocia region 11,000 years ago, offers a chance to travel back in time.