Provinces of Turkey

The Bulgarian city of Haskovo and its Turkish sister city of Edirne are freezing ties over Haskovo's grant the name Armentsi ("Armenians") to a park located on its territory.

The move, triggered by the Turkish side, was announced in official letter by Edirne Mayor Recep Gürkan, quoted by a Haskovo-based local news service Haskovo.net.

Salvage excavations have started in the western province of Mu?la's Bodrum district after ancient tombs were unearthed during drilling works in a construction area.

The tombs are believed to have been the necropolis of Halicarnassus. 

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has stirred a heated debate in Turkey by reading an Islamic-toned, patriotic poem in a television commercial filmed to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Turkish victory in the Gallipoli campaign during World War I.

A total of 34 migrants who set sail from Turkey en route to Greece were rescued April 19 after their boat sank off of Turkey's southwestern coast. 

Initially, the Turkish Coast Guard rescued three migrants, including a three-year-old child, from a boat that sank off the coast of the southwestern province of Bodrum.

Pumping pressurized air into a friend's backside is apparently a prank not as rare as many people may think, particularly in Turkey, as seen by the latest potentially fatal incident.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an is scheduled to ride a specially customized bike, based on a model used by a world biking champion, during the launch of the Presidential Tour of Turkey (TUR).

While launching on April 15 the ruling Justice and Development Party?s (AK Parti) campaign for the June 7 general election, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu did not vow any ambitious projects, such as a third bridge over the Bosphorus, a gigantic third airport for Istanbul, or a ?crazy?

Eight former managers from the mine where Turkey's worst industrial disaster occurred in May 2014 appeared in court April 15 on murder charges, with prosecutors demanding they spend the rest of their lives in jail.

The aqueducts in the ancient city of Aspendos, located in the southern province of Antalya's Serik district, have witnessed centuries of history. 

The one-kilometer-long and 15-meter-high aqueducts, which bring water to Aspendos from the mountains, reveal the talent of the engineers who built them. These rare and ancient artifacts are called the lifelines of the city. 

A man who introduced himself to the academics of a university in Turkey?s southern province of Isparta as a member of the Turkish National Intelligence Agency (M?T) and allegedly inculcated them about the re-election of the university?s current rector in the elections in a weeks? time, while also using the president?s name, has been detained, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.