Fatma Şahin

A baboon that was abandoned by her mother after birth a few days ago at the Gaziantep Zoo in the southern Turkish province of Gaziantep, has been named “Küçük Prens” (Little Prince). The baboon is being cared for by zoo officials but the zoo’s clinic official Özsun Yurt Güneş brings him home every night for the baby’s night care.

This year’s round of excavations in Gaziantep’s ancient city of Zeugma have ended, as the restoration period now begins Three new mosaics have been unearthed during the Muzalar House excavations in the ancient city of Zeugma in Turkey's southern province of Gaziantep.

The mayor of Gaziantep and her aides have drawn the ire of social media users after pictures emerged showing them stepping on unique mosaics excavated from the ancient Roman city of Zeugma during a press presentation event.

Municipal police are asking Syrians operating shops in the southeastern province of Gaziantep to remove signs in Arabic, amid an increase in tensions between the local population and refugees in the region.

Officers have requested that shopkeepers only use Turkish in their signs and price lists, Mayor Fatma Şahin said, adding that they had received many complaints about the issue.

Police are asking Syrians operating shops in the southeastern province of Gaziantep to remove signs in Arabic, amid an increase in tensions between the local population and refugees in the region.

Officers have requested that shopkeepers only use Turkish in their signs and price lists, Mayor Fatma Şahin said, adding that they had received many complaints about the issue.

Turkish officials have confirmed they are studying a “vacancy map” to outline which areas and sectors in the country need Syrian employment, with the Labor Ministry and Interior Ministry working on a code to facilitate employment possibilities for Syrian refugees.

Archaeological excavations authorized by the Culture and Tourism Ministry have cost roughly 43 million Turkish Liras in 2013, as has been reported at the 36th International Excavation, Research and Archeometry Symposium. The symposium opened yesterday at the Zeugma Mosaic Museum in the southeastern province of Gaziantep.

Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende has announced that his country will donate $2.5 million to the Turkish Red Crescent (Kızılay) in order to contribute to the assistance for Syrian refuges who have taken shelter in Turkey.