Balikesir

Some 28 women were killed in Turkey in the past month alone, the volunteer watchdog organization "We Will Stop Femicide Platform" revealed on its website on Dec. 6.

A total of 35 women were killed in October and 21 others were subjected to sexual violence, according to a report released by the Kadın Cinayetlerini Durduracağız Platformu, a women's rights activist organization that keeps track of violence against women.

The Turkish government has started to canvass  public opinion regarding a major new highway project connecting Istanbul to the northern Aegean region.

Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said yesterday that the foundation of the multibillion project will be laid on March 18, 2017, the anniversary of the 102nd anniversary of the Çanakkale Victory during World War I. 

Archaeological excavations in the ancient city of Antandros in the northwestern province of Balıkesir, where work has been continuing for 16 years, have revealed a number of ancient shops which sold cosmetics, indicating that women have been interested in such products for millennia. 

The adjacent shops were unearthed as the works neared an end in the ancient city. 

Catamarans owned by the ferry company of Turkey's İzmir Metropolitan Municipality will start regular trips between the Alsancak Port and the Greek island of Lesbos in a bid to boost tourism in the Aegean Sea, Northern Aegean Islands Economic Development Agency (EOAEN) head Thrasos Kalogridis has said. 

* A primary school teacher in Turkey’s western province of Balikesir was arrested after harassing a 10-year-old student. The 51-year-old teacher – married with three kids – was suspended after the parents filed a complaint to the Directorate of National Education.