Kilis

The Turkish Army "neutralized" 12 terrorists after PKK/YPG terrorists in Syria carried out a rocket attack on the Öncüpınar Border Gate area in the Turkish province of Kilis, the Defense Ministry has stated.

No casualties were reported, while a fire broke out in an empty field where five rockets fell in the southern province of Kilis.

"GAP Tour," which comprises seven cities in Turkey's southeast, will now be called "Mesopotamian Tour" to promote tourism, a marketing strategy inspired by the "Cappadocia Tour" in the Central Anatolian region, a top local tourism chief has said.

Turkey introduced a promotional program on June 27 for the "Mesopotamia" brand, which was created to promote the tourism potential of the southeastern Anatolia region to the world.

Speaking at the event, Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said Turkey has the richest and most unique homeland in the world with its history, culture and geographical structure.

Rockets fired from across the border with Syria fell in Turkey's southern Kilis province, the country's National Defense Ministry said late on March 18. 

"Rockets determined to be fired from Syria fell on an empty field in Kilis. No citizens were injured and no damage or loss occurred in the incident," the ministry said on Twitter.

Some 1,500 Syrians have left Turkey through the Öncüpınar border gate in the southeastern province of Kilis in the past three days to spend the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr in Syria.

The children of parents who had made written promises to quit smoking have received bicycles as part of a campaign carried out by the municipality in the southern province of Kilis.

Archaeological excavations in Oylum Mound, one of the biggest of its kind in the southeastern Turkey, have unearthed olive seeds from 4,000 years ago. The seeds, found in Kilis along the Turkish-Syrian border, date back the time the Great Pyramids of Egypt were built.

Turkey deployed more military vehicles to its southeastern province of Kilis near the Syrian border early Sept. 4.

A new spider species has been discovered in the southeastern Turkish province of Kilis.

The Pentagon on Feb. 1 condemned recent rocket attacks by People’s Protection Units (YPG) militants on the Turkish city of Kilis that targeted civilians.