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Some 43 people were injured late on Dec. 16 when a bus carrying workers collided with a trucking rig in the southern province of Adana, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Police have detained three suspects in the southern Turkish province of Adana during an operation against historic coin smugglers. However, the seized material, which included pound coins featuring the figure of Queen Victoria, turned out to be fake.

The Adana Museum Complex in the southern Turkey continues to draw the interest of visitors, with the Archaeology Museum section of the complex

One police officer was killed and one other was injured in a helicopter accident in the Central Anatolian province of Niğde at around midday on Sept. 20.

Two "pink" trambuses, designed for use only by women, were brought into service on Sept. 18 in the central Anatolian province of Malatya.

The new provincial transportation implementation stirred debate among the locals of Malatya as well as across Turkey over "gender apartheid."

The Malatya Culture and Tourism Directorate has detected that a relief, depicting the Hittite King Maradas deer hunting on a horse cart and is on display at Louvre Museum in Paris, was removed from the Aslantepe Mound in 1891, which is on UNESCO's tentative list of World Heritage Sites.

A velvet wall carpet, which depicts the 12 apostles of Christianity and is estimated to date back to 1,000 years, has been seized in the southern province of Adana after three men attempted to sell it for 3 million Turkish Liras.

The interrogation of the suspects is ongoing.

The management of an aqua park in the southern province of Adana has formed a security team of 12, including both male and female personnel, against sexual harassment.

The 12-person staff monitors water slides and swimming pools throughout the day in the Mavi Su Aqualand, which is visited by about 2,000 people on weekends.

Once upon a time, the town of Melita was famous for its legendary fruit orchards. Even the name of Melita sounds delicious. This is the old name for Malatya, the unrivaled capital of apricots in Turkey, and the world in a way. The city produces 90 percent of all dried apricots exported from Turkey, which sums up to almost 80,000 tons worth $290.7 million.

Two suspects were arrested on June 10 for butchering eight horses in the southern province of Adana, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

The suspects, who are also brothers, were detained by police during a raid in Adana's Yüreğir district on June 7.