Antalya

Prosecutors in the Mediterranean province of Antalya have ordered the detention of 72 fans who have allegedly been involved in violence on charges of "organized crime" during a game between Göztepespor and Eskişehirspor on June 4 to qualify for the top-tier football league.

The Roman sarcophagus of Hercules, which was ruled to return to Turkey by a Swiss court in 2015, will return to its home in Turkey in September. 

A man who deliberately ran over stray dogs killing one in the Mediterranean province of Antalya has been issued an administrative fine of 1,097 Turkish Liras, while his driver's license was suspended.

Farmer organizations in the southern province of Antalya on Aug. 14 protested Russian officials over their decision to not import fresh fruits and vegetables from Turkey, by eating tomatoes, in a bid to showcase its quality and hormone-free status.

Burcu Dinçer became Turkey's first female fire extinguishing helicopter pilot this year after receiving training for two-and-a-half years at a civil aviation school in Ankara. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has implied that an ongoing probe into espionage and the leaking of secret state documents to media outlets can also reach main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, as one of his deputies is already behind bars in the same case. 

Police in Ankara detained a suspected member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Aug. 12 while he was scouting to conduct potential attacks in the capital.

Counter-terrorism police apprehended the suspect identified only as M.A. after examining documents seized in a separate raid in the southern province of Antalya, where four suspects had been detained.

A deputy from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has been sued multiple times for calling the July 15, 2016, failed coup attempt, which left 250 people dead, a "play."

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Istanbul deputy Gürsel Tekin has proposed up to six year jail terms for those who deliberately kill animals.

A team of young Turkish students has become world champion in a robot competition in China's Beijing with a mind-controlled wheelchair they made.

The team, formed of students from the Mediterranean province of Antalya, took part in the competition with a project sponsored by the Antalya Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ATSO).