Çukurova

Thanks to passionate art lover and collector Yüksel Erimtan, Ankara now has its first ever archaeology and arts museum formed from a private collection The Turkish capital?s first-ever archaeology and arts museum, the Erimtan Archaeology and Arts Museum, has just opened, hosting an impressive collection of objects dating back to the Bronze Age of 3000 BC, the Hittite era, the late Roman

Two women have been shot dead on a highway in the southern province of Adana, as Turkey continues to debate the apparently increasing number of brutal murders committed by men.

A truck driver noticed the bodies of the two women in a ditch on the Tarsus-Adana-Gaziantep highway on March 16, Do?an News Agency reported.

One of modern Turkey?s most celebrated literary figures, Ya?ar Kemal, was laid to rest with a ceremony in Istanbul on March 2.

Kemal, who had been hospitalized since Jan. 14 following respiratory problems, lung infection and heart arrhythmia, died at a hospital in Istanbul on Feb. 28.

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One of modern Turkey?s most celebrated literary figures, Ya?ar Kemal, who had been hospitalized since Jan. 14 following respiratory problems, lung infection and heart arrhythmia, died at a hospital in Istanbul on Feb. 28.

He will be laid to rest today with a ceremony in Istanbul.

The Hatay Archaeology Museum, which opened in the last week of 2014, is now home to the world-famous Antakya sarcophagus, which had been unearthed during a construction excavation in 1993 and displayed at a special place in an old museum since then.

Three workers died in a fire at a packaging factory?s dorm in Turkey?s southern province of Mersin on Feb. 5.

The fire started in the early hours of Feb. 5 at the dorm of a fruit and vegetable packaging factory in Mersin?s Erdemli district, killing three workers and injuring six more. 

Archaeological excavations are continuing in the ancient city of Anavarza. The Roman-era ancient city, located close to the Dilekkaya village in the southern province of Adana, is currently hosting a team of 50 people under the scientific consultancy of Çukurova University academic Fatih Gül?en. 

Gül?en said the excavations had been ongoing for two months so far. 

Located at the New Adana Museum, which will be Turkey's largest museum complex on an area of roughly seven hectares when complete, the Archaeology Museum will be open in the coming days, according to a written statement from the Adana Governor's Office. 

?The Wren? will be staged in Çukurova by the Mersin State Opera Ballet. 

According to a written statement made by MDOB, ?The Wren? will be staged on Jan. 31 at the Mersin Culture Center. Following Mersin, the ballet will be on stage in Adana?s Hac? Ömer Sabanc? Culture Center on Feb. 2 and in Osmaniye?s Cebelibereket Culture Center on Feb. 3. 

Turkey's biggest mobile operator Turkcell has announced that company CEO Süreyya Ciliv has decided to resign from his position, effective from Jan. 31, in a written statement to the Public Disclosure Platform late on Jan. 28.