Mediterranean Region, Turkey

Excavation season begins at ancient site of Elaiussa Sebaste

The 21th round of excavation works at ancient site of Elaiussa Sebaste located in Turkey's southeastern province of Mersin will start on Sep. 8 and be completed by Sep. 20.

Some 45 people including 20 academicians will work on the field within excavations led by Professor Annalisa Polosa from Le Sapienza University Archaeology Department in Rome, Italy.

Bull figure returns to Turkey

A bull figure from the Bronze Age, which was purchased half a century ago, has been sent to the Antalya Museum from Vienna. 

Culture and Tourism Minister Ömer Çelik said a person named Manfred Weinwurm, who purchased the figure from Antalya, sent the historic artifact by cargo. 

Missing Norwegian girls in Turkey found after 4 days - with black-dyed hair

Two Norwegian teenage girls missing for four days in the Mediterranean province of Antalya have been found in neighboring Mersin province - with their hair dyed black. 

Mia Emilie Haugen, 15, arrived in Turkey to visit her mother who lives in Antalya?s Alanya district. 

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