Sanliurfa

The inclusion of Göbeklitepe, considered the world's oldest temple and the "zero point" of history, in the UNESCO World Heritage List has given hope to farmers growing vegetables and fruits around the historic site in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa. 

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. 

Police on July 4 detained seven people, including five Syrian nationals, over their suspected links to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa.

The inclusion of the “world’s oldest temple” Göbeklitepe, located in the southeastern Turkish province of Şanlıurfa, in UNESCO’s World Heritage List will strengthen efforts to protect the site, the head of Turkey’s commission to UNESCO has said. Click through for the story in photos...

Four people have been detained on June 24 over an alleged vote rigging in the Suruç district of the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

Turkey's Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has blamed the main opposition Republican People Party's (CHP) presidential candidate Muharrem İnce over the deadly clash during a recent election tour of a delegation from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the Suruç district of the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa.

A total of 19 people were detained on June 16 over an armed clash during an election tour of a delegation from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the southeastern Turkish province of Şanlıurfa.

Three people were killed in southeast Turkey on Friday when a fight broke out between members of the campaign of a ruling party parliamentarian and some local shopkeepers, security sources said.

Harran University, located in Turkey's southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, said on June 6 that it would open a campus in one of the northern Syrian regions under the control of the Turkish military and its Syrian allies, deepening Ankara's role in an area it has held for nearly two years.