Erzurum Province

Within the scope of the project initiated by the Culture and Tourism Ministry to preserve folk music for future generations, folklore researchers are recording folk songs sung by deceased bards and local artists in the eastern province of Erzurum.

The country's eastern provinces have been battling heavy snowfall that has already blocked roads in remote regions, as snow depth exceeds 20 centimeters in the high-altitude sites of Van and Erzurum.

A magnitude-5.1 earthquake struck Turkey's eastern province of Erzurum, the country's disaster authority announced on Nov. 19.

The quake shook Köprüköy district of the province at 3:40 p.m. local time, according to the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD).

It occurred at a depth of 6.94 kilometers below the surface, it added.

Located in eastern Erzurum province, the Ata Park Botanical Garden astonishes visitors and onlookers with its spectacular autumn scenery. (AA Photo)

The Botanical Park of eastern Erzurum province is home to over 150 plant species, including trees, shrubs and flowers. (AA Photo)

Tree fossils recently discovered in eastern Turkey have provided insights into the country's climatic history, a member of Istanbul University's Faculty of Forestry said on Aug. 18.

Professor Ünal Akkemik told the state-run Anadolu Agency that fossils dating back 160 to 170 million years were found in the eastern province of Erzurum's Narman district.

Parts of Turkey's Black Sea region hit by flooding and landslides will be officially declared a disaster area, the nation's president said on July 17. 

Experts discovered some 8,000-year-old deer drawings made with ochre on the walls of mountain caves in the eastern province of Erzurum's Tortum district on June 26.

The ponds and meanders of eastern Erzurum province's Aşkale district enchant onlookers. (AA Photo)

Inverted tulips that grow in the mountainous regions of Anatolia in the spring have started to blossom on Mount Palandöken in eastern Erzurum province. (DHA Photo)