Geography of Turkey

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said safe rooms should be compulsory in mines and subcontracting must end in Turkey's mining sector, as he attended the Dec. 5 funerals of five miners who died after being trapped in a coal mine in the Central Anatolian town of Ermenek.

A group of 13 Turks, members of the nationalist Turkish Youth Union (TYG) group, face between one and 10 years of prison on charges of "insult," "inflicting injury," and "violation of the protest and rally law," for attacking two U.S. soldiers in November, according to the indictment sent to court.

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli arrived in the eastern province of Tunceli on Nov. 28 for a tense visit, as protests erupted in the city against the MHP head.

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli will travel to the Eastern Anatolian province of Tunceli (Dersim) over the weekend, after Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu claimed that he would not be able to reiterate his arguments on the "Dersim debate" if he meets with residents of the province.

Conflicts in neighboring countries as well as domestic issues have had a negative impact on hotel reservations in Turkey, the Turkish Touristic Hotels and Investors Association (TUROB) said in a written statement Nov. 23.

Turkish authorities have detained seven people in connection with the deadly flooding in a coal mine in Central Anatolia, Energy Minister Taner Yıldız said.

The mayor of Gaziantep and her aides have drawn the ire of social media users after pictures emerged showing them stepping on unique mosaics excavated from the ancient Roman city of Zeugma during a press presentation event.

The 2nd Istanbul Design Biennial, organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), and curated by Zoë Ryan, opens on Nov. 1. The theme of this year’s edition is “The Future Is Not What It Used to Be.”

ANTALYA - Young Serbian tennis player Pedja Krstin claimed the Futures title in Antalya, Turkey, after outplaying Kirill Dmitriev of Russia 6-4, 7-5 in the final match on Sunday.

Krstin, who was seeded first, claimed the title without losing a set.

The head of Turkey’s top religious body has been involved in a hot debate on the efforts to build a mosque on a grove in Istanbul Mehmet Görmez, head of Turkey’s top religious body Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), has been involved in a hot debate on the efforts to build a mosque on a grove on Istanbul’s Anatolian side, saying that the love for prayer and love for nature shou