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Pilot killed in military plane crash in central Turkey
A Turkish pilot was killed when a military plane crashed on April 7 in central Turkey, according to the National Defense Ministry.
"An NF-5 aircraft belonging to our Air Force, which was on a training flight in [central] Konya, suffered an accident at 14:15 [1115 GMT] for an unknown reason," the ministry said on Twitter.
Boncuklu Höyük, the ancestor of Çatalhöyük
Archaeological excavations are continuing in the 10,000-year-old Boncuklu Höyük (mound), located nine kilometers from Çatalhöyük, one of the world's oldest settlements in the Karatay district of the Central Anatolian province of Konya.
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Farmers in Konya avoid insuring products as they see it as 'sinful'
A top local official in the Central Anatolian province of Konya has said local farmers are not insuring their agricultural fields and products against droughts or natural disaster risks as they believe such acts are "not accepted by religion."