Güngören Municipality organized an off-road event at Aziz Paşa Event Area in Istanbul city, Turkey. While hundreds of people from 7 to 70 attended, participants set out for the racetrack after breakfast and special draws at the event. On the Çiftalan racetrack in Eyüpsultan, which being exactly what the drivers wanted after rains in last […]
Bursa Police Headquarters Department of Counter-narcotics conducted an operation against narcotics in Bursa city, Turkey. After technical and physical surveillance of suspect named R.Ö., counter-narcotics teams determined that he was dealing drugs and stimulants and take him into custody by conducting a film-like operation. After conducting a search, police seized 55 kilograms of synthetic cannabinoid […]
A massive eruption at Indonesia’s Semeru volcano in East Java killed 14 people and wounded 98. The teams rescued ten people who were stuck and evacuated 902 others, the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management stated. The eruption destroyed a bridge connecting the Lumajang district to Malang city, as well as surrounding buildings. There was […]
The Guiana Space Center operator Arianespace launched two Galileo navigation satellites into orbit on-board of Soyuz-ST-B carrier, the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) announced. The launch was conducted after two days of delay due to bad weather. According to Roscosmos, the main reason for launching the satellite from the Guiana Space Center is that the […]
A foreign national in Turkey’s Şanlıurfa attempted to rob a jewelry store with a gun. The jeweler caught the robber shooting him in the foot after he fled the store carrying 720 grams of gold. The robber was sent to hospital to take necessary treatment. The incident was spotted on a security camera in the […]
After snowfall in Tatvan district Bitlis city, high areas including Nemrut Mountain were covered in snow. The snow-capped Nemrut Mountain and its outskirts recorded by drone, which is one of the highest part of Bitlis city of Turkey. The integration of the trees with the snowy mountains and the walking of the sheep on the […]
The documentary “Beginning: Turkish Coffee Stories from Anatolia,” produced with the support of the Turkish Embassy in Washington and the Consulate General of New York, premiered in Washington on December 1st. Following screenings in New York Times Square on December 5 and at the Turkish House in New York on December 7, the documentary will […]
A wall belonging to the period of Roman Emperor Theodosius the Great was unearthed in Ayasuluk Hill and St. Jean excavation area in Izmir, Turkey. The excavations in St. John’s Church were begun in 1921 by the Greek General Sotiriou, according to the excavation’s head, Assoc. Dr. Sinan Mimarolu, “Saint John the apostle came to […]
On Thursday night, an iron-loaded truck parked on a slight downhill road moved and caused traffic accident as a result of its brake being faded at Karabük city, Turkey. After moving approximately 100 meters downhill, the truck was able to stop after first crash into a car, then 2 other parked car and 1 excavator. […]
A severe storm caused massive waves in the resort town of Sochi on the Black Sea coast of Russia. One of the two men walking on pier was seen getting swallowed up by a wave. Some were soaked, ignoring the danger. Russia banned boats and residents from sailing and walking near the shore.