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A new container city will be installed in the southern province of Adana for refugees who have fled from war-torn Syria, where civil has been continuing since 2011, Adana Governor Mahmut Demirtaş announced on Feb. 8, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

The container city, which will be located in Adana's Sarıçam district, will host at least 25,000 refugees in 5,000 containers.

A concert to be performed by internationally acclaimed Turkish pianist İdil Biret in the southern province of Adana has been canceled by the Adana Governor's Office for safety reasons. 

The New Archaeology Museum, which is set to be Turkey's largest in the southern province of Adana, is nearing completion.

Through its heart-breaking story and beautiful cinematography, the multiple-award winner and debut feature of Kıvanç Sezer, "Babamın Kanatları" (My Father's Wings), lays bare the conditions of the so-called "new Turkey," as the leading Justice and Development Party (AKP) has dubbed its achievements over the past decade.

Excavation work in a house in the southern province of Mersin's Tarsus district has drawn much curiosity after continuing for 20 days under the direction of the special forces and the National Intelligence Agency (MİT), Doğan News Agency has reported.

Twelve people, most of them schoolgirls, were killed on Tuesday when fire ravaged a dormitory for pupils in the southern Turkish region of Adana, local officials said.
The fire, which officials said was likely caused by an electrical fault, raced through the building’s wooden interior as panicked victims tried to jump from windows to safety.

A cyclist has been detained after attempting to set a police car on fire in the southern province of Adana, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported. 

The incident occurred in Adana's Seyhan district after traffic police seized 62-year-old Mustafa Koldaş's electric bicycle for not having his driver's license on him and driving without a number plate on the vehicle. 

One person who was being sought after the Nov. 24 Adana attack targeting the governor's office has been shot inside a bomb-laden car, Doğan News Agency has reported.

The suspect was apprehended in an injured state, the agency said.

An explosion has rocked the Turkish city of Adana. There are dead and injured people.

According to Reuters the blast occurred at a parking lot in front of the governor's office. Emergency aid units have been sent to the site.

At present, there is information that two people have died and 16 have been injured.

Two people were killed and another 33 were injured on Nov. 24 when a bomb-laden vehicle parked in the parking lot of the governor's office in the southern province of Adana was detonated.