Geography of Turkey

Rabbits living on the Korsan (Pirate) Island in the western province of Mu?la's Marmaris district, have been surviving thanks to the care of people living in the region, who have carried water to the rabbits on the island every day for the past 14 years. 

One migrant died and 29 others went missing on July 7 when a boat carrying migrants heading to the EU capsized off Turkey?s Aegean coast.

Two workers were injured when they were trapped by a landslide which struck a ski-jumping complex in the eastern province of Erzurum on July 6, during the reconstruction of the complex about a year after a collapse in the same area. 

Tourism sector representatives have pinned their hopes on a potential post-Ramadan rise in the number of domestic tourists with the help of discount campaigns in hotel prices, especially in Antalya, the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TÜRSAB) said July 7. 

Underwater archaeological work has started on the remains of a 1,600-year-old basilica that was discovered at the beginning of 2014 under Lake ?znik in the northwestern province of Bursa. 

Turkey now has 15 sites listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, after Diyarbakır Fortress and Hevsel Gardens joined the list on July 5 and the ancient site of Ephesus joined on July 6.

UNESCO added the walls and the Hevsel Gardens in the southeastern city of Diyarbakır to its World Heritage List during a July 4 session in Bonn.

Best known for coal, the ground beneath the southern Anatolian district of Ermenek is continuing to reveal priceless artifacts from humanity's prehistoric era, as well as more recent ancient civilizations.

Turkey will soon welcome back some of the priceless treasures of Troy from countries scattered around Europe following the completion of a museum to house the artifacts in the ancient city in the country's northwest.

A regional conservation board has discovered a discrepancy between the licensed project plan and the realized construction work in two Bosphorus-side residences owned by controversial businessman Reza Zarrab. The board has requested the undoing of the illegal construction work.