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Known as the immortal city, 7,000-year-old Misis in the southern province of Adana is coming to light with archaeological work that is revealing the ancient city’s rich history Misis (Mopsouestia) might be outshone by Rome, but the ancient city on the banks of the Ceyhan River in southern Turkey is just as old as the old imperial capital, while arguably trumping Rome’s moniker of “the et

Yaşar Kemal, one of Turkey’s most famous writers, depicts the Çukurova prairies near the southern city of Adana in most of his novels. Çukurova is one of the symbols of Adana.

A local association in Turkey’s southern province of Adana has urged the local authorities to cancel an ongoing tango festival, describing the saucy Argentinian dance as “adultery on foot and with music.”

The 21st Golden Boll Film Festival, organized by Adana Municipality, ended Sept. 20 with a big victory for Nesimi Yetik’s “Toz Ruhu” (Spirit of Dust), which won the best film award.

The star of classic U.S. drama The O.C., Mischa Barton, came to Turkey’s southern province of Adana for the 21st Golden Boll Film Festival, where she was given a golden bracelet unique to Adana.

The 21st Adana Golden Boll Film Festival kicked off Sept 15. One of the highlights of this year’s festival is the celebration of Turkish cinema’s 100th year

The relatives of a patient have beaten a doctor and broken his arm in the emergency section of a hospital in Turkey's southern province of Adana.

An unidentified patient was brought to the emergency section of the Adana State Hospital by his relatives late on Aug. 17. The patient reportedly fell while walking after consuming a large amount of alcohol.

It wasn’t cash this time, but rather half a kilo of weed that has been found inside a shoebox originally sent to the son of a lawmaker from the Justice and Development Party (AKP).

Excavations will start soon in the Aslantepe tumulus, one of the latest 13 places in Turkey that have been included in UNESCO’s world heritage temporary list. Dating back to the 5,000s B.C., the ancient site in the central Anatolian province of Malatya is home to the world’s first adobe palace, which was unearthed in previous years. This year, the goal is to unearth the palace completely.

One of the suspects accused of torturing and murdering three Christian missionaries in 2007 is set to take the Public Personnel Selection Examination (KPSS), an examination to join the civil service, on July 5.

Abuzer Yıldırım has been released on the condition that he will wear an electronic bracelet that will monitor his movements.