Sorgun
Passenger bus crash in Yozgat claims 12 lives, leaves 19 injured
A tragic bus accident in the Central Anatolian province of Yozgat's Sorgun district has left 12 people dead and 19 passengers injured, according to preliminary reports.
Villagers make, export traditional dolls
The women of the Sorgun village in the northwestern province of Bursa have been continuing an old practice of making traditional dolls, which they sell across the country or export worldwide.
The dolls are sold at prices between 250 and 500 Turkish Liras ($17 and $34) due to the type of clothes village women use to adorn them.
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Prosecutor shot in head during birthday party
A Turkish prosecutor has seriously been injured by a suspicious gun shot in the head while celebrating her birthday with a group of friends at her home.
The 28-year-old Özlem Salkım, a prosecutor in the Central Anatolian province of Yozgat's Sorgun district, invited a group of friends working for various public institutions in the city to her home for a birthday party.
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Whirlwind causes material damage in central Turkey
A whirlwind in Turkey's central Yozgat province caused material damage in three villages on March 23.
The whirlwind, which ripped through the Emirler, Külhüyük, and Akocak villages of the Sorgun district, toppled electricity poles, destroyed trees, and took out roofs.
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Elderly woman looks after stray cats and dogs
A 65-year-old woman feeds street cats and dogs, who have a food shortage due to coronavirus spread, in the garden of her house in the Central Anatolian province of Yozgat's Sorgun district. (AA Photo)
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The mystery of Hittite lions
Archaeologists have been working to solve the mystery of five-ton lion sculptures recently found in a field in Sorgun, a town located in the Central Anatolian province of Yozgat.
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One soldier killed, 10 people injured as prisoner transfer vehicle overturns in Central Anatolia
One soldier has been killed while 10 people, including six soldiers, have been injured as a prisoner transfer vehicle overturned on a frosty road in Central Anatolian Yozgat province.
Symbols of Hittite goddess of sexuality found on 4,000-year-old tablet discovered in central Turkey
Amid excavations at four different ancient sites in the Central Anatolian province of Yozgat, a cuneiform tablet has been unearthed in the U?akl? Mound at the Büyük Ta?l?k village.
Hittite sculptures to be displayed at open-air museum
A site in the Central Anatolian province of Yozgat's Sorgun district, which the ancient Hittites had used as a sculpture atelier, will be reorganized as an open-air museum by Turkey's Culture and Tourism Ministry.
British family fights for justice in Antalya
A devastated British father is trying to get justice for his son, who he believes was robbed and killed during a night out in Antalya Chris Smyth, a devastated British father whose son Andrew Smyth, 32, was found dead four years ago in a forest in the southern city of Antalya, is preparing for a legal battle against a recent non-suit verdict in the case by a local court.
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