Central Anatolia Region

A U.S. citizen has been sent to the capital Ankara for deportation after "suspiciously" releasing fish into a dam lake without permission in the Central Anatolian province of Konya.

Chesterr Juall called a taxi on April 27 and told the driver that he wanted to go to Beyşehir Lake.

When the taxi arrived at Altınapa Dam Lake, Juall asked the driver to stop the vehicle.

Lake Tuz, Turkey's second-largest lake in Central Anatolia, has turned pink, creating an impressive sight for visitors.

Nearly 700 Turkish nationals were repatriated on May 16 from the United States and Kyrgyzstan as part of an initiative by Ankara over the coronavirus pandemic.

An exclusive Turkish Airlines flight with 354 Turks from the U.S. landed in the Black Sea province of Ordu. Separately, 330 Turks were evacuated from Kyrgyzstan and landed in metropolis Istanbul.

Turkey's president marked the 743rd anniversary of the Turkish language on May 13. 

In 1277, Mehmet I of Karaman, a province in central Anatolia, declared Turkish as the official language of the Karamanid dynasty.

"We always defended the interests of our country and the right of the oppressed in Turkish," Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Twitter.

Turkey's popular tourist attraction Cappadocia region, which hosted a record number of tourists last year, is now having one of its quietest days in history due to the COVID-19 epidemic.

A project readying yellow-colored travertines in the Central Anatolian province of Sivas, resembling the world-famous travertines of Pamukkale, to make them become a tourist hotspot in the Çermik Hot Spring is underway.

The Narlıgöl lake, which looks like a heart in the Cappadocia region in central Turkey, has blossomed into a beautiful sight with the arrival of spring. (Source: AA)

Koramaz Valley, located on the borders of the Central Anatolian province of Kayseri's Melikgazi district and was included in the UNESCO World Heritage Temporary List last week, fascinates with its historical, cultural and natural assets.

All cycling competitions to be held in Turkey until June have been postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Turkish Cycling Federation announced on April 13.

"All scheduled activities until June 6 are postponed to a later date because of the coronavirus pandemic. New racing calendar will be announced later," the federation said in a statement.

A 65-year-old woman feeds street cats and dogs, who have a food shortage due to coronavirus spread, in the garden of her house in the Central Anatolian province of Yozgat's Sorgun district. (AA Photo)