Niğde

The Central Anatolian province of Çankırı will open its fairy chimneys that look similar to the ones in the world-renowned Cappadocia region to tourism.

The 150 fairy chimneys are located in the Orta district, some 80 kilometers from Çankırı and some 120 kilometers from the capital Ankara.

A 20-million-year-old fossil, believed to belong to a sea creature, has been unearthed during the excavations in the ancient city of Tyana, located in the Kemerhisar district of the central Anatolian province of Niğde.

This year's excavations unearthed the remains of Iron Age walls and plaster at Porsuk-Zeyve Mound, which is located near the village of Porsuk in the Ulukışla district of Niğde and has original Hittite-era adobe bricks and Roman-era living traces.

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Home to many civilizations such as the Hittites, Romans, Seljuks, Karamanoğlu Principality and Ottomans, the Central Anatolian province of Niğde awaits its visitors with its churches, ruins, mosques, mountains, lakes and natural beauties.

Turkey's Niğde province, home to many civilizations such as the Hittites, Romans, Seljuks, Karamanoğlu, and Ottomans, awaits its visitors with its natural and cultural heritage. (AA Photo)

A fire erupted on June 24 at the provincial electoral board headquarters in the central Anatolian province of Niğde. Click through for the story in photos by Demirören News Agency...

Food, Agriculture and Livestock Minister Ahmet Eşref Fakıbaba is seen in this file photo while inspecting potato seeds during a farming event in the Central Anatolian province of Niğde on March 23, 2018. Photo: Doğan News Agency

Three mountaineers were rescued on June 4 after being stranded for 13 hours on Demirkazık Mountain in the central province of Niğde.

A ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) mayor in the Central Anatolian province of Niğde was shot dead by a seasonal worker on May 8.

A fresco depicting a smiling Virgin Mary in the Gümüşler Monastery in the Central Anatolian province of Niğde has been drawing much attention of local and foreign tourists, but it is yet to be found whether she was actually smiling when the fresco was first made or it is the result of a restoration that went wrong.