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With temperatures dropping below minus 19 degrees Celsius in the ongoing winter season, Turkey's eastern province of Ağrı has become the coldest city in the country. (DHA Photo)

Prosecutors in the capital Ankara have demanded a total of 13 years of jail sentences for six people over the death of a six-year-old Turkish boy who died after choking on the lid of an edible chocolate-filled syringe.

On Dec. 10, 2019, Mert Yağız Köksal died while eating a tube of chocolate he bought from the canteen of his school in Ankara's Keçiören district.

Turkish security forces seized ammunition, equipment and organizational documents in a counter-terrorism operation in the eastern Şırnak province, the governor's office said on Feb. 13.

A couple from Istanbul have visited 40 provinces in six months with their caravan after their theatre hall was closed due to the pandemic measures taken by the government.

"We are from Istanbul, and we were going to visit a province only for a week, and then return back to Istanbul. But then we decided to continue our trip," said İbrahim Yakut, a 39-year-old theatre artist.

Mount Ağrı in eastern Turkey, also known as Mount Ararat, will be reopened to climbers on Feb. 4, thanks to effective anti-terror operations.

The country's tallest mountain, dubbed the "roof of Turkey" with its height of 5,137 meters (16,853 feet), is located in the eastern border province of Igdir.

Turkey's eastern Ağrı province attracts migratory birds even in winter. (Source: AA)

Some 5-meter long icicles hanging from rocks are seen during the winter season in eastern Ağrı province. (AA Photo)

Around 200,000 people visited Turkey's ancient site of Göbeklitepe, known as the world's oldest temple, in 2020 despite the coronavirus pandemic, according to officials.

The Hamurpet Lake in the Varto district of eastern Muş province is covered with ice due to freezing cold. The layer of ice is 25 centimeters thick. (AA Photo)

A plan to open grid-planned ancient city ruins in the eastern Van province's Erciş district to tourism has been prepared. (AA Photo)