Provinces of Turkey
Turkish FM warns Greece against provocation
Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu reiterated Türkiye's warning toward Greece against further provocation in the eastern Mediterranean and Aegean.
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İzmir marks 100th anniversary of its liberation
A victory march in which a giant 350-meter Turkish flag was carried by the people on Sept. 9 marked the 100th anniversary of the liberation of Türkiye's Aegean province of İzmir.
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Airports serve 118 million passengers in eight months
Passenger traffic at Türkiye's airports increased by 57 percent in the first eight months of 2022 from a year ago to 118.4 million, according to data from the General Directorate of State Airports Authority (DHMİ).
Country’s 7th largest lake disappearing fast
Two photographs, one taken in 2018 and the other this year, of Lake Burdur, have shown how Türkiye's seventh largest lake is disappearing.
The lake came to the country's agenda when, in 2018, photographer Tamer Yılmaz shot an aerial photo of two streams leaking from small puddles in the dying areas of the lake.
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Stone with god’s name found in ancient city
Archaeological excavations carried out in the ancient city of Hadrianopolis in the northern province of Karabük have unearthed a block stone that has the name of the god of health, Asclepius, written on it.
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Hattusha excavations continue for more than a century
Excavations that started 116 years ago in the ancient city of Hattusa, once the capital of the Hittite Empire and inscribed on the "Memory of the World List" of UNESCO, are still ongoing.
At least seven dead in road accident in Sivas
At least seven people were killed and nine injured when a minibus collided with a cargo truck in the Central Anatolian province of Sivas on Sept. 1.
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Ferry services between İzmir, Thessaloniki to start in September
Ferry services between Türkiye's Aegean province of İzmir and the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, a project on the table since 2011, will begin in September, a Greece-based ferry company has announced.
Athens-based company Levanta Ferries declared that a ferry named "Smyrna di Levante" would hold service once a week between the two sides of the Aegean.
Amphorae and water jugs found in Metropolis for the first time
The amphorae and water jugs, unearthed during this year's excavations in Metropolis, will be delivered to the museum after repair.
In a recent discovery, 150 amphorae and water jugs, approximately 1,800-year-old, have been found in a well, which was opened during the ongoing excavations in the ancient city of Metropolis.
One ‘needs $2,753 to move to village’
A minimum of 50,000 Turkish Liras ($2,753) are needed to leave the urban life and move into a village, says a man who left the city life of Istanbul behind to settle down in a village in the Aegean province of Muğla with his family.
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