Edirne
Ministry starts the research on Pasha Gate Inscription
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has started research on the lost inscription of the Pasha Gate of Edirne Governorship Building, built by Edirne Governor Ali Celal Pasha in 1818.
Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy stated archival research has been started to search on when, by whom or how the inscription was displaced.
Stone with god’s name found in ancient city
Archaeological excavations carried out in the ancient city of Hadrianopolis in the northern province of Karabük have unearthed a block stone that has the name of the god of health, Asclepius, written on it.
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Bulgaria Cracks Down on Migrants After Fatal Crash
A refugee family in Edirne, Turkey in March 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE/TOLGA BOZOGLU
Thirty-six of the people who were arrested are Syrian and one is from Morocco. They have been sent to refugee centres.
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20,000 Bulgarians visit Edirne on weekends
The northwestern province of Edirne hopes to welcome more than 3 million visitors from Bulgaria this year thanks to visa-free travel granted to the citizens of the neighboring country.
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Edirne mayor demands regulation on signs in Bulgarian
Edirne Mayor Recep Gürkan has requested a commission to be established over the increasing number of Bulgarian signs and posters in the city after a recent decision that no longer requires Bulgarian citizens to obtain a visa to visit Türkiye.
Edirne eyes hosting European rowing fest
The northwestern province of Edirne applied to host 2024-25 European Junior Rowing Championships, the officials have said in the opening ceremony of the 2nd Edirne Rowing Festival held on the Meriç River.
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Ancient hammam in Istanbul on sale for $2 million
A 440-year-old ancient Turkish bath in Istanbul constructed by Mimar Sinan, known as the "Grand Architect," has been put up for sale for 33 million Turkish Liras ($2 million), daily Milliyet report.
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Investigation launched over fuel oil leak at industrial facility
An inquiry has been launched following a leak at the fuel oil pool of an asphalt construction site in Turkey's northwestern province of Edirne.
The leaked pitch, which stemmed from an explosion and the cause of which is not known yet, at an asphalt construction site on April 5 covered the nearby agricultural areas.
Edirne lured 500,000 visitors in three months
In the first three months of 2022, more than 500,000 people from Bulgaria and Greece have visited the northwestern province of Edirne, mainly for shopping purposes.
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Turks in Kiev, Kharkiv to be evacuated via trains
Turkey's embassies in Ukraine's capital Kiev and the second-largest city Kharkiv have announced that the second evacuation process to be actualized on Feb. 28, highlighting that hundreds of Turkish citizens have left Ukraine with trains via Romania.
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