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Turkey's northeastern province of Ardahan enchants onlookers with its snow scenery. (İHA Photo)

Known for its natural beauty, historical sites and local delicacies, the pearl of Turkey's Black Sea region, Rize province, wants to reach the place it deserves in gastronomy. 

Located in the Black Sea province of Artvin's Şavşat district, the Karagöl Nature Park awaits visitors in the summer with its breathtaking greenery. (AA Photo)

Gülcan Palavan from the eastern province of Ardahan shares her inspiring story revealing how her struggle to escape from becoming a child bride led her to become an international athlete.

At a young age, Palavan decided to become an athlete to avoid her mother and sisters' fate, who ended up becoming child brides in the village.

Turkey's first and only biosphere reserve area under UNESCO protection, Macahel (also known as Camili) in the Black Sea province of Artvin's Borçka district, fascinates with its unique culture as well as untouched springs, naturally aged woods, endemic plants, historic mosques and the pure Caucasian honey bee.

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.

The fate of a 19th-century military officer found last year inside an unearthed coffin in the eastern Turkish province of Ardahan has reportedly been straining ties between Russia and Poland. 

Craftsmen in Ardahan, one of Turkey’s coldest provinces, save pigeons by leaving them food

A 19th-century Russian military officer who was found inside an unearthed coffin in the eastern province of Ardahan is of Polish origin and will be returned to Poland, Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Numan Kurtulmuş has said.

The identity of a 19th-century Russian military officer who was found inside an unearthed coffin in the eastern province of Ardahan last month has been revealed, daily Habertürk reported on May 21.

The soldier was identified as Lt. Col. Karl Karlovich Rjepetsky, who was a member of the 78th Navaginsky regiment of the 20th infantry division of the 1st Caucasian Army Corps.