Kars

Fifteen rock paintings discovered in a village close to the ancient city of Ani in Kars will play a significant role for the area to be declared a world heritage site by UNESCO, according to officials The head of the Culture and Arts Association in the eastern province of Kars, Vedat Akçayöz, has said the registration of 15 rock paintings discovered around the Alem village, some 11 kilometers a

A historical hunting lodge built in Kars' Sar?kam?? district during the Russian occupation will be restored and serve as a hotelA hunting lodge built by Czar Nicholas II of Russia in the eastern province of Kars during the Russian occupation era will be restored and reopened to serve as a hotel. 

Some 14 soldiers were wounded on Oct. 6 in an attack on a military post by the outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) in the eastern province of Van, the Turkish General Staff said in a written statement on Oct. 7.

Eight people have been detained after police stopped three cars carrying food supplies to outlawed PKK militants in the northeastern province of Kars, with Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Kars deputy ?afak Özanli claimed to have been one of the people in the cars.

A gene mutation has been detected in samples taken from a five-month-old baby girl of a family who saw three of their children die mysteriously in four months in the northeastern province of Kars, with several doctors saying this sort of mutation could lead to partial hearth enlargement, and thus immediate death.  

A gene mutation has been detected in samples taken from a five-month-old baby girl of a family who saw three of their children die mysteriously in four months in the northeastern province of Kars, with several doctors saying this sort of mutation could lead to partial hearth enlargement, and thus immediate death.  

Suspected Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants have blown up a section of the South Caucasus Pipeline in the Turkish province of Kars.

The Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum natural gas pipeline runs form the Shah Deniz gas field in Azerbaijan to Turkey.

Some 127 zones in 15 provinces in eastern Turkey have so far been declared "temporary military secure zones," amid tightened security measures against outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) attacks.

While 15 of the zones have been reopened to civilian access after being closed, 111 areas continue to be out-of-bounds for civilians trying to enter.

Cyclists have pedaled from the northeastern province of Kars to northwestern Yalova as part of a project organized by the Search and Rescue Association (AKUT) to commemorate the 16th anniversary of the 1999 ?zmit earthquake. 

One soldier was killed Aug. 16 in armed clashes between the local gendarmerie and suspected Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) militants in the eastern province of Kars.