Manisa

In the western province of Manisa's Kula-Salihli Global Geopark, where the country's youngest volcanoes are located, scientists found eight magma chambers at varying depths in the earth's crust, warning of the largest one near the surface has potential of eruption due to factors such as earthquakes.

A 2,700-year-old necklace that was unearthed at the Bintepeler archaeological site in the western province of Manisa and illegally smuggled to the U.S. has been returned to Türkiye after a legal battle and is now at the Anatolian Civilizations Museum in Ankara.

A rare bronze couch dating back to 530 B.C., which was removed from a grave near the western province of Manisa during illegal excavations and smuggled abroad, has been returned to Türkiye by the J. Paul Getty Museum in the U.S. The number of artifacts brought to the country this year has reached 36.

The floor mosaics of a nearly 2,000-year-old structure — regarded as the largest synagogue from the ancient period and located in Sardis, the ancient capital of Lydia, the first civilization to mint coins — are currently being restored to their original condition by women from a rural neighborhood in the region.

Turkish security units have apprehended a total of 65 ISIL terror suspects in a series of operations spanning the past five days across more than 10 of the country's 81 provinces, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has said.

The individuals were identified as having engaged in various activities on behalf of the terrorist organization, Yerlikaya said in a social media post on Aug. 23.

Harrowing video footage shows 37-year-old Yılmaz Akman attacking his pregnant ex-wife, 19-year-old Sudenaz A. in front of their 3-year-old son.

A pregnant woman has been assaulted in broad daylight by her former partner in the western province of Manisa, while bystanders stood idly by, sparking nationwide outrage as many condemned the harrowing attack and the passivity of witnesses.

Firefighting forces in Kordelio and the outskirts of Izmir, Turkey, along with hundreds of volunteers, fought throughout the night against the flames to prevent the fire from spreading further into the urban areas.

An agora (city square) has been discovered during the excavations in the 2,700-year-old ancient city of Aigai in the western province of Manisa.

While works continue to unearth the agora, located right next to the parliament building, bull-head reliefs and inscriptions related to the god Apollo were also found on the columns in the square during the excavations.

Skeletal remains of two soldiers and weapons uncovered during excavations in Sardis, an ancient Lydian city in the western province of Manisa, shed light on a dramatic sixth-century battle that paved the way for a Persian invasion.

Two brothers working as janitors in an apartment building in the western province of İzmir, known for its distinctive architecture and greenery on every floor, have revamped the complex with a diverse array of plants over the span of 30 years.