Diyarbakır

After an intense 52-hour battle, the forest fire in the northwestern province of Çanakkale has finally been brought under control, as confirmed by Agriculture and Forestry Minister İbrahim Yumaklı, with another fire put out in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır.

Following the discovery of a 766-year-old chestnut tree in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, the General Directorate of Forestry has initiated a tree planting project in which saplings from the seeds collected from the tree will be planted throughout the province.

As Earth enters into a new warming phase following the onset of the El Nino phenomenon, weather patterns are shifting drastically, with Türkiye, as in the rest of the world, witnessing sweltering heat as a result.

On the occasion of Father's Day, several aid materials collected in a campaign in the eastern province of Diyarbakır have been presented to fathers in the earthquake zone.

Within the scope of the "Loyalty to Earthquake Survivor Fathers" campaign organized by the Ergani Municipality for Father's Day, various aid materials were collected with the contribution of the residents.

As part of the "Scientists of the Future" project supported by the Australian Embassy in the capital Ankara, a sky observation event has been organized at the 3,000-year-old Zerzevan Castle in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır.

The National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has captured a member of the PKK terror group in Syria while she was trying to cross into Türkiye, security sources informed on June 9.

Massive structures under the Zerzevan Castle, a 3,000-year-old Roman garrison in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, have come to light during the ongoing excavation works at the site.

A group of 12 scientists from Dicle University are documenting the biodiversity of the southeastern province of Diyarbakır's Hevsel Gardens, registered on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List.

Türkiye's historic presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14 witnessed a high voter turnout at 86.2 percent.

The figure was barely below the 88.2 percent turnout in 2018 when Turkish voters headed to ballot boxes to elect the president and members of the parliament.

In line with the measures taken to clean the seas of abandoned fishing lines and nets, the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry has initiated a new project to recycle these ghost nets for using them in manufacturing plastic parts of white goods.