Geography of Turkey

The Interior Ministry of Turkey has appointed new mayors in the southeastern Hakkari and Mardin provinces following the arrest of their predecessors over terror-related charges.

The governor of the southwestern province of Burdur has said that no construction will be allowed in the Lake Salda area, referring to the natural beauty known as the "Maldives of Turkey."

A nature-loving couple from the Black Sea province of Artvin has been hitchhiking with their cat "Azman."

An excavation team working at Hacılar Great Mound are jovial after finding a second monumental gate in the province of Burdur, unveiling a discovery that a local kingdom ruled the region in southwestern Turkey for some time.

Journalists following the "Operation Peace Spring" in the border town of Nusaybin in the southeastern province of Mardin were the target of a sniper attack by the YPG on Oct. 11.

Archeological studies are going on to reveal a Roman temple unearthed in 2007 in the ancient city of Tieion in Çaycuma district of the Black Sea province of Zonguldak.

A fisherman who kicked and punched a rare shark before releasing it back into the wild in the coastal town of Erdek in the northwestern province of Balıkesir has been handed an administrative fine.

A crime ring of eight adolescents and young adults in the Marmara province of Kocaeli have been charged with seizing the bank details of 100,000 people by "phishing" method.

Excavations to be carried out in the ancient city of Heraion-Teikhos, which has traces of the Thracian civilization, in Süleymanpaşa district of the northwestern province of Tekirdağ, aim to reveal the health and cult centers of the Thracians.

The 4th Kaleiçi Old Town Festival kicks off Oct. 10 in the southern province of Antalya, hosting a range of talks, concerts and experimental artistic works until Oct. 13.