Lycaonia

Stanford University has offered an 18-year-old Turkish student a scholarship of approximately 10 million Turkish Liras ($500,000).

Efe Zaladin, who graduated from a private high school in the Central Anatolian province of Konya last year, discovered his interest in science as a child.

A collision between a military vehicle and a truck in the Central Anatolian province of Konya has killed two soldiers and wounded two others.

A military van belonging to the Turkish Armed Forces collided with a truck from behind on the Konya-Adana road, where there was heavy fog, on early Jan. 4.

A local court has decided to stay the execution of the hunting tenders for four Anatolian Mountain sheep and three wild goats in the Central Anatolian provinces of Konya and Karaman.

An inscription belonging to an unspecified period before the 1071 Battle of Manzikert, known as the victory that led the Turks to first enter Anatolia, has been found in the Central Anatolian province of Konya, with the head of the excavation informing it's the "evidence of the Turkish presence in the 10th century."

The metropolitan municipality of the Central Anatolian province of Konya and Istanbul's Beykoz district municipality have started encouraging people to adopt animals from shelters with money and animal food bonuses.

The municipalities give people who opt for pet adoption from shelters free food and medical checkup services for those animals.

Sanitation workers in the Central Anatolian province of Konya, known as the "cycling city of Turkey," have started working on specially designed bikes built in the city's industrial zone.

The city has a bicycle road of 550 kilometers, the longest in Turkey and the second-longest in the world after New York, the U.S.

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Turkey's central Konya province, the country's disaster authority announced on Nov. 8.

The quake shook the Meram district of the Konya province at 8.43 p.m. local time (1743GMT), according to the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD).

It occurred at a depth of 6.82 kilometers (4.2 miles) below the surface, it added.

Located in the Central Anatolian province of Konya, the Central Taurus Mountains lures visitors and onlookers with its vibrant colors during the autumn season. (AA Photo)

Yunus Emre, one of the most important figures of Turkish-Islamic folk thought, was commemorated on the 700th anniversary of his death at the world-famous Ishak Pasha Palace in the eastern province of Ağrı.

In the program, held in the courtyard of the historic palace, the Konya Turkish Sufi Music Ensemble performed various works by the great mystic.

An African moon moth, the newest member of Konya province's tropical butterfly garden, attracts visitors' attention with its elongated tail that is able to reach 20 centimeters in length. (AA Photo)