Gaziantep Province
Zeugma opens after a 74-day break
Zeugma Mosaic Museum, among the largest mosaic museums in the world, has reopened its doors to visitors after the earthquakes that rattled the east of the country on Feb. 6.
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‘Cappadocia model’ to boost tourism in southeastern Turkey
"GAP Tour," which comprises seven cities in Turkey's southeast, will now be called "Mesopotamian Tour" to promote tourism, a marketing strategy inspired by the "Cappadocia Tour" in the Central Anatolian region, a top local tourism chief has said.
Museum offers tour of Anatolian chronology
The Gaziantep Archaeology Museum, where the Roman-era clay seal impressions, which is the world's largest collection of clay seal impressions from the ancient city of Zeugma, and the skeletal remains of the extinct Maraş Elephant, are on display, offers the opportunity to examine the history of Anatolia in chronological order.
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Turkey's defense chief inspects military post along Syrian border
Turkey's national defense minister on July 26 carried out inspections at a military post where Turkish troops in northern Syria are dispatched.
Mosaics in house move to Zeugma Museum
Byzantine-era mosaics found on the floor of a house during illegal excavations in the southeastern province of Gaziantep have been divided into 98 pieces after two years of work and started being moved to the Zeugma Mosaic Museum.
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World’s oldest 'smile emoji' comes to archaeology museum
An ancient water bottle with a smile emoji on it will be displayed at the Gaziantep Archeology Museum
Record number of tourists visit Turkish mosaic museum
The Zeugma Mosaic Museum, one of the world's largest mosaic museums, in Turkey's southeast attracted a record number of visitors with 340,569 people in 2019, according to official data.
The museum, located in the southeastern province of Gaziantep, drew 108,835 tourists in 2016, 169,773 in 2017, and 267,552 tourists in 2018, according to the Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry data.
Gaziantep women set precedent at Paris forum
Women from Turkey's southeastern province of Gaziantep have ranked among the top 10 projects at the Paris Peace Forum.
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Gypsy Girl replica ‘almost ready’ for US museum
The replicas of the 12 pieces of the Gypsy Girl mosaic, brought from the U.S. to the Zeugma Mosaic Museum in the southeastern province of Gaziantep 58 years after it was plundered, are being prepared at the Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality Mosaic Education Center.
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Motorcycle rider stamped to death by horse he hit in Turkey's southeast
A motorcycle rider in the southeastern Turkish province of Gaziantep has been stambed to death by a horse he hit on the road.