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Yusuf Nazik, a key plotter of the 2013 attack in Reyhanlı district of Turkey's southern Hatay province, was handed down 53 aggravated life terms by a court on May 13.

High school students in the southern province of Hatay are using leftover wood from their atelier to build furniture for families.

Traffic police in Turkey's southern province of Osmaniye have banned a bridal couple's homemade "limousine" from entering traffic. Click through for the story in photos...

The 18th Mersin International Music Festival kicks off on April 10. At a press conference, festival president Selma Yağcı said that the event will continue until May 2 in the southern province of Mersin.

Turkey's Supreme Election Board (YSK) has not ratified the mayoral candidacy of Burhanettin Kocamaz, who is running for the southern province of Mersin's metropolitan municipality on the İYİ (Good) Party's ticket, on grounds that the party's provincial branch submitted the nomination after the deadline of 5 p.m. on Feb. 19.

Ancient mosaics were discovered on Jan 7 in the southern province of Osmaniye's Kadirli district, which is known for its radish production. One of the mosaics depicts a radish, officials said, adding that they also found the first written document regarding Kadirli on the mosaics.

Syrian refugees living in the southern Turkish province of Osmaniye have been growing vegetables in a newly set up greenhouse next to their refugee camp, which hosts 15,000 people, as part of a project launched by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Turkey has started preparatory works on Nov. 26 for shallow water drilling in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Mersin in southern Turkey, Turkey's Energy Minister Fatih Dönmez confirmed.

A rare "fish owl" has been released into the wild in the southern province of Mersin after being treated for nine months for a broken wing.

With the sharpened peaks of the Nur Mountains to our right, we head toward İskenderun. When our odometer — which we reset in Osmaniye — hits 16 kilometers, we are welcomed by the ancient town of Issos, which witnessed the battle between Alexander the Great and Darius, King of Persia, in 333 BC.