Tokat

Grandson of citizen featured in iconic photo with Ataturk assumes mayorship

In a landmark win for the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), Mehmet Erdem Ural has led the party to victory in the northern province of Tokat's Turhal district after 35 years.

But Ural is distinguished not only for his electoral success but also for his familial ties to a historic moment with modern Türkiye's founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

Head-on collision kills 9 people, including 3 children

Following a deadly collision between a car and a small panel van on June 3 in the Central Anatolian province of Sivas, at least nine people, including three children, lost their lives, a senior official has said.

The accident occurred in the Gölova district on a road connecting Sivas to the Tokat province, according to Sivas Governor Salih Ayhan.

Some 800 Turkish nationals brought back amid pandemic

More than 800 Turkish nationals were repatriated on May 8 from Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as part of
an initiative by Ankara amid the coronavirus pandemic.
A specially arranged Turkish Airlines flight with 195 Turks from the UAE landed in the Black Sea province of Samsun.
Separately, 280 Turks were evacuated from Kuwait and landed in Sivas province.

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