Central Anatolia Region

A trial into a teacher who is facing 600 years in prison on accusations of sexually assaulting 10 male school children in the Central Anatolian province of Karaman has begun amid tight security measures.

The Karaman Governor's Office has banned reporters from attending the trial, while also prohibiting all press briefings, gatherings or rallies in the province.

A public prosecutor demanded 600 years in prison for a teacher who is suspected of sexually assaulting ten male students in a foundation house in the central Anatolian province of Karaman. 

A prosecutor in the Central Anatolian province of Karaman has demanded 350 years in prison for a teacher on accusations he sexually assaulted 10 male students in a house owned by a foundation in which he lectures.

A Turkish teacher has been arrested for alleged sexual abuse of eight male students in the Central Anatolian province of Karaman.

A number of explosives, weapons and ammunition were found near a military checkpoint in Ankara on Feb. 25, amid discussions on high-level security measures planned in the wake of a deadly bombing that killed dozens in the Turkish capital on Feb. 17.

Details into the suicide of teenage student Cansel B.K. after she was allegedly sexually assaulted by her math teacher in the Central Anatolian province of Kayseri have begun to emerge, while her family remains in shock over the incident. 

A high school girl in Turkey's central Anatolian province of Kayseri committed suicide on Feb. 17 after being sexually assaulted by her teacher. 

A 16-year-old high school student has been shot dead by her boyfriend, allegedly for wanting to break up with him, in the yard of her school in Central Anatolian Aksaray province. 

Elif Zelal Yeni was shot and killed with a rifle by 18-year-old Samet Ermi? at the schoolyard of Osman Gazi Anatolian High School, where she was a student, at 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 11.

The Penn Museum will host an exclusive exhibition titled 'The Golden Age of King Midas,' featuring a spectacular array of specially-loaned ancient artifacts from TurkeyAn exhibition titled "The Golden Age of King Midas," featuring ancient artifacts from the era of King Midas, will be displayed at the University of Pennsylvania Museum between Feb. 13 and Nov. 27.  

A team of Turkish archaeologists have found an early Christian church in an underground settlement near Nevsehir, in the Central Anatolia Region of Turkey.

The archaeologists have dated the church to the 5th century CE. They discovered the church in a large underground city that the scientists found in March 2015, as sci-news website mentions.