Geography of Turkey

The head of the main opposition CHP youth branch for the Bornova district in Aegean ?zmir province has been sentenced to 11 months and 20 days of suspended jail term for "insulting" President Erdo?an by shouting slogans at a 2014 rally.

A-59-year-old woman was killed on Feb. 19 when an armored vehicle's firing mechanism allegedly malfunctioned in the southeastern province of Mardin, the governor's office said in a written statement.

Aegean province ?zmir's Selçuk district, home to the House of the Virgin Mary, which is a pilgrimage site for Christians, will soon have a massive statue of the mother of Jesus. 

Speaking at a tourism conference, Selçuk Mayor Zeynel Bak?c? said they had rolled up their sleeves for the construction of the structure. 

The death toll from the jihadist suicide bomb attack in Istanbul's touristic Sultanahmet neighborhood on Jan. 12 has risen to 12, as another German tourist had died more than a month after the attack.

A high school girl in Turkey's central Anatolian province of Kayseri committed suicide on Feb. 17 after being sexually assaulted by her teacher. 

The listing of a southeastern Turkish city on the Creative Cities Network of the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) in gastronomy has been hailed at an event in Istanbul.

The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has released three reporters working for Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency after abducting them in the Nusaybin district of the southeastern province of Mardin.

Istanbul's Princes' Islands municipality has banned the use of plastic bags on its five inhabited islands.

The ban, which was issued by the council of the municipality, will come into effective at the businesses of the islands by May 1.

Relatives have told stories of victims of a deadly attack that killed at least 28 while targeting vehicles carrying Turkish military personnel at the heart of the Turkish capital on Feb. 17.

Ankara understands investors' concerns about terror attacks in Turkey, but the country will again draw investment because its foundations are solid, Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet ?im?ek has said in a joint press meeting with the head of the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).