Tokat

Works have been initiated again to further open a hidden tunnel, which was discovered during restoration work in the Tokat Castle, also known as the dungeon of Dracula. 

More than 200 police officers, soldiers and locals backed by helicopters continued a search on Jan. 5 for two children in the northern province of Tokat who went missing more than a week ago.

A carbon test will be applied to a gilded Bible that was seized last week in Turkey's northern province of Tokat. 

The bible, thought to date back around 1,000 years, was found in a police operation targeting a group in Tokat that was illegally selling historical artifacts.

The funeral of Ufku Demirel, a soldier killed in an attack by outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in southeastern Turkey, has been held in Demirel's hometown Tokat, a Central Anatolian province, attended by thousands including Republican People's Party (CHP) head Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu.

Work is continuing to open a previously hidden tunnel that was discovered during the restoration of Tokat Castle, known as the dungeon of Dracula. 

A movie is due to be shot at Tokat Castle, Turkey?s second-largest castle in the northern province of Tokat, where it is claimed that Wallachian Prince Vlad III ?The Impaler,? also known as Dracula, was held captive in one of the the castle?s dungeons in the early 15th century.

The last amphitheater of the northern Anatolian region will be unearthed in an excavation in Turkey's province of Tokat. The amphitheater is located just east of the historic castle of Zile, a city with a long Roman history and battle that prompted Roman Emperor Julius Caesar's famous phrase, "veni, vidi, vici" (I came, I saw, I conquered). 

The first 30 meters of a hidden tunnel, near what was described by a Turkish expert as "Dracula's dungeon," has been opened in northern Turkey after it was discovered during restoration work on Tokat Castle.

The first 30 meters of a hidden tunnel, known as Ceylanyolu, which was discovered during restoration work on Tokat Castle in the northern Anatolian province of Tokat, has been opened. The tunnel is estimated to be 350 meters long. 

Provincial Culture and Tourism Director Abdurrahman Akyüz said they were excited to find the end of the hidden tunnel. 

Works have started to open a secret tunnel, known as Ceylanyolu, that was discovered during restoration works on Tokat Castle in the northern Anatolian province of Tokat.