A fire broke out in a cosmetics plant in the 1st stage of Diyarbakır Organized Industrial Zone. The fire, which started for an unknown reason, engulfed the factory. Many firefighters and ambulances were dispatched to the scene. Some employees at the factory were poisoned and injured, reports said.
Students of the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) Systems and Marine Mechatronics Engineering department in Taiwan built a human-powered submarine. The submarine was named Sat-bak-hi, which means milkfish. In the statement made by the university, it was stated that the construction phase of the 3-meter-long submarine, made of fiber-reinforced plastic, took 2 years. The submarine […]
The Spanish Patriot Missile Defense System, located at Incirlik 10th Tanker Base Command in Adana, Turkey, is actively working against attacks. The defense systems are fully prepared to repel an air attack from Syria into the region. Furthermore, the Patriot air defense system was reported to have arrived at Mersin Port from Spain today. Umutcan […]
A tornado occurred following the heavy rain and storm that was effective in Amasya. The roof of a house was blown off by the tornado that appeared in the fields, and electricity poles were overturned. There were no injuries or casualties. Precipitation also caused flooding in the city center and the village of Ziyaret. Some […]
The General Directorate of Nature Conservation National Parks in Artvin, Turkey, attached an interesting image to a camera trap. The two rabbits who met in the forest started fighting. The rabbits stood on their front legs and showed strength to each other during the fight, which resembled a boxing match. The Ministry of Agriculture and […]
A person captured the moment of the lightning strike in Sinop’s Boyabat district in Turkey. Lightning struck while the person was filming the scenery and precipitation in the area. The video shows lightining strikes on empty field.
The steep bend at the entrance to the village of Gazi, located about 40 kilometers from Sivas’s central district, is well-known for frustrating village residents. The “Z ramp,” so named because of its shape, has become a driver’s nightmare due to accidents and other issues. Trucks and long vehicles carrying freight avoid this road, and […]
Turkey increases efforts to prevent irregular migration and deport undocumented immigrants across the country. After being apprehended by security forces in Agri, an eastern city in Turkey, 227 Afghan immigrants who held in the Provincial Immigration Administration’s Removal Center were transported to Agri Ahmed-i Hani Airport under the coordination of Provincial Immigration Administration teams and […]
A football tournament was held in Dipdede Village of Kulu district of Konya, Turkey in order to unite the neighboring villages of Kulu and Haymana. After the tournament, the stage collapsed while awards were given to the top teams. The collapse of the platform was viewed by the audience. Nobody injured in the incident.
A fire broke out in the paper mill of the Smurfit Kappa company in the city of Birmingham in the West Midlands region of England last night. The fire quickly spread after the factory’s 8,000 tons of compressed cardboard caught fire. While a large number of firefighters were dispatched to the scene, authorities advised residents living […]