Amasra

More than 600 Russian tourists came to the northern province of Bartın's Amasra district with the Astoria Grande cruise ship, which approached the port for the 17th time, increasing the number of Russians visiting the district by cruise over 17,000 in the last 10 months.

In the investigation into the mine blast which claimed the lives of 41 workers in the northern province of Bartın's Amasra district, the prosecutor's office demanded a prison sentence of 1,080 years for each of the four executives.

İYİ (Good) Party leader Meral Akşener said there were indications for a possible accident in the coal mine in the Amasra district of the northern province of Bartın, "as with many mining disasters before," but necessary precautions were not taken.

Turkey is open to the option of drilling another exploratory well in the Black Sea this year following the discovery on Friday of 135 billion cubic meters of gas in the Amasra-1 well, Turkey's Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Dönmez said on June 7.

Over 1 million people visited Amasra, a small town in the Black Sea province of Bartın, over the first eight months of this year, the local mayor has said. 

A 3,000-year-old sarcophagus in the northern province of Bartın's Amasra district from ancient Roman times has been spray painted with the Turkish name "Gülay" and the identity of the vandal remains unknown, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on July 16.

Turkey's Council of State has canceled an environmental clearance for a power plant planned to be built in the Black Sea province of Bartın's Amasra district.

Pieces of tombs and columns, believed to date back to the Roman era, have washed up on the shores of the Amasra district in the northern province of Bartın following waves caused by a storm.

Ancient tombs, column remains come to light on shore of Turkey’s Amasra after strong storm

Nearly 15,000 people have visited the Amasra Museum, which was reopened three months ago after a three-year restoration process in the northern province of Bartın's Amasra district. The museum displays artifacts that have been unearthed by coincidence during construction works or excavations for different purposes.