Oltu

Within the scope of the project initiated by the Culture and Tourism Ministry to preserve folk music for future generations, folklore researchers are recording folk songs sung by deceased bards and local artists in the eastern province of Erzurum.

Tree fossils recently discovered in eastern Turkey have provided insights into the country's climatic history, a member of Istanbul University's Faculty of Forestry said on Aug. 18.

Professor Ünal Akkemik told the state-run Anadolu Agency that fossils dating back 160 to 170 million years were found in the eastern province of Erzurum's Narman district.

A fox cub that was found by a local man abandoned on the roadside in Erzurum's Oltu district has been taken under protection by the National Parks Oltu Branch and sent to the Kars Animal Hospital.

A four year old girl who hid from his two year elder brother while playing, has lost her life inside a washing machine in the Oltu town of the eastern province of Erzurum.

Ä°rem Ö., a four year old girl who hid from his two year elder brother while playing, has lost her life inside a washing machine in the Oltu town of the eastern province of Erzurum.