Birecik

The number of critically endangered bald ibis, seen only in the Nile Valley and in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, has increased from 41 to 333 thanks to protection efforts carried out since 2001.

Some 15 newborns of the endangered northern bald ibis species have been released into the wild in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa's Birecik district, as part of the annual process to allow the birds not to forget their migration route.

The number of endangered bald ibises, which are under protection in the Bald Ibis Reproduction Station in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa's Birecik district, has reached 273 after the birth of 65 new babies.

In the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa's Birecik district, the wires in power transmission lines have been isolated to protect bald ibises from electric currents. 

The symbolic sarcophagi of Süleyman ?ah and his two guards was placed in a temporary tomb in the southeastern province of ?anlurfa with a ceremony on Feb. 23, as construction continues in Syria?s Ashme region, where the artifacts will be transferred permanently.