Governor of Isparta

The aromatic experience of rose harvest in Isparta - the southwestern Turkish province known as the "land of roses" - has come two weeks later this year due to a longer-than-usual winter.

Unidentified thieves have stolen nine out of 10 busts at a public park in the western Turkish province of Isparta. Click through for the story in photos...

Recently at a gathering of journalists friends, we were complaining that while there has not been any improvement in the climate of freedoms in the country, less and less craftsmen were writing about the lack of freedom of expression and, of course, media freedom, being castrated in the country.