Ankara Province

A 12-year-old boy killed his 14-year-old sister with a shotgun in the Yenimahalle district in the capital Ankara on Sept. 21.

An Ankara court on Sept. 5 ruled for the Interior Ministry and Ankara Governor's Office to pay 400,000 Turkish Liras (approximately $60,440) in non-pecuniary damages to the family of a victim who was killed in a 2015 Ankara train station attack.

Turkish police arrested two more people on Aug. 24 for their suspected links to U.S. Embassy drive-by shooting in capital Ankara on Aug. 20, according to a police source.

Several gunshots from a vehicle by unidentified assailants were fired at the United States Embassy in Ankara early on Aug 20 in an attack that the Turkish government condenmed as "a clear provocation."

The ancient Turkish city of Gordium listed on UNESCO's Tentative List of World Heritage sheds light on Anatolian history. The city was the capital of the Phrygians.

An Ankara court on Aug. 3 handed down heavy sentences to nine suspects in a trial on the deadly 2015 Ankara train station attack that killed more than 100 people, state-run Anadolu Agency reported. 

An extraordinary museum in the Turkish capital Ankara takes visitors on a long journey of chess through the ages.

A woman who insulted the founder of the Turkish Republic Mustafa Kemal Atatürk at his mausoleum in the capital Ankara was detained on July 21 after prosecutors launched an investigation.

The Korean Culture Center in Ankara is organizing courses to teach the 4,000-year-old mind game "Go" in the Turkish capital, where the game is drawing growing interest. 

Rainfall turns Ankara into giant urban pool