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Artificial intelligence read Hittite cuneiform tablets
A project is carried out to read the Hittite cuneiform tablets in the inventory of Turkey's Ankara Anatolian Civilizations Museum, Istanbul Archeology Museums and Çorum Museum by artificial intelligence. The first phase of the project,…
lake freezes in eastern Türkiye
The air temperature dropped to minus 8 degrees in Erzurum, one of Türkiye's coldest provinces. A lake in the city's Olympic Park became ice-cold. People were seen walking on the frozen lake.
The lake and its surroundings were viewed from…
Jellyfish invaded Istanbul’s Bosphorus strait
Jellyfish have invaded the Bosphorus strain in Istanbul, Türkiye. Jellyfish covered approximately 2 kilometers of the coastline of Sarıyer, a northern district of Istanbul. According to locals, the jellyfish appeared as a result of heavy…
World’s second largest crater lake freezes
Lake Ilıgöl, the world's second largest crater lake, is now covered in ice due to the cold weather. The lake is located on the summit of Nemrut Caldera in the Tatvan district of Bitlis, Türkiye, with an altitude of 2,948 meters, where the…
multiple vehicle collision in İstanbul, Türkiye: 2 injured
Four vehicles collided with each other after a vehicle malfunctioned on the E-5 highway located in Istanbul, Turkey. Two people were injured in the chain accident that started with another vehicle hitting the malfunctioned one and rolling…
multiple-vehicle collision on Türkiye’s Bursa road as fog impacts visibility
Ten vehicles collided on the Bursa-Karacabey road, where visibility was reduced to 10 meters due to dense fog in Bursa, Türkiye. Firefighters, medical personnel, and police officers were dispatched to the area. While ambulances transported…
Postcardlike images from Türkiye’s Kars
The Atçılar canyon and the trees around it that combined with the Kars Stream are offering an enchanting view in Türkiye's Kars province, which has been experiencing spring in the cold of the winter. The reflection of the cliffs with the…
Recycling warehouse engulfed in flames
A fire broke out in a recycling warehouse in Bursa's Osmangazi district in Türkiye. A large number of firefighters, medical personnel, and police officers were dispatched to the scene.The fire was extinguished after about an hour of effort.…
Fog halts vessel traffic in Turkey’s Dardanelles Strait
Due to fog that has been reducing visibility distance since last night, the Dardanelles Strait in Türkiye has been closed to transit ships by around 03:30 a.m. By transmitter, officials from the Directorate General of Coastal Safety warned…
Türkiye’s Cappadocia had its golden year with about 4 million visitors
One of the Turkey's tourism center Cappadocia, which is on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list, had its "golden year" as a result of 4,192,070 visitors in 2022. Before that, 2019 was chosen as the "golden year," with about 3 million…