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self-taught turkish chalcographer
Turkish artist Yakup Çetinkaya, 78, who works as a chalcographer in Turkey’s Afyonkarahisar, has been engraving copper for more than 40 years. It takes up to 20,000 hammering to engrave a single landscape for Çetinkaya.
“I took a lot of…
Turkish F-16s conduct intercept training over Black Sea
Turkish Air Force F-16 warplanes conducted intercept training over the Black Sea. Eight F-16 aircraft belonging to Merzifon 5th Main Jet Base Command flew over the sea at an altitude of 30-35 thousand feet. Breathtaking images of fighting…
Bikers meet in Erzurum for Palandöken Snow Downhill
The cycling event 'Palandöken Snow Downhill' to be held in Erzurum Palandoken Ski Center have started. Professional and amateur athletes came together in the city center and toured cultural places by bicycle. 75 professional and amateur…
Turkey’s national air defense missile HISAR gains new capability
The Turkish air defense missile system HİSAR O+ has gained a new capability. The HİSAR O+ Air Defense Missile System was delivered to the Turkish Armed Forces with all its elements in the last days of 2021. The system, which was capable of…
natural history museum in eastern turkey hosts thousands of historic items
The Natural History Museum, which is part of Sivas Cumhuriyet University (SCU), is welcoming visitors. The museum displays around 4,000 items, ranging from geological specimens to fossil specimens, plant specimens to representatives of…
37 million Turkish Liras worth illegal goods and narcotics seized in Turkey
In the risk analyzes carried out at the Kapıkule Customs Gate located in Edirne city of Turkey, by the Edirne Customs Enforcement Smuggling and Intelligence Directorate, vehicles that suspected of being used in drug smuggling were first…
Turkish Gendarmerie seized a handwritten Bible with an operation
As a result of an intelligence work, Provincial Gendarmerie Command teams in Elazığ city of Turkey were informed that some suspects had a handwritten Bible in his hand. Thereupon, the Gendarmerie teams located the residence and workplace…
A village burst into flames in Turkey
A village named Akkaya Başören located at Turkey's Kastamonu city, burst into flames after a fire that broke out in a house spread to other houses in the village. After the fire grew in a short time, 15 houses surrendered to the flames. A…
Turkey’s first drilling platform
The first drilling platform in Turkey, Anadolu-01, is actively used after the drilling ships Kanuni, Fatih, and Yavuz. It has been actively working within the scope of well drilling projects for approximately 1.5 years since December 2020.…
Four dogs killed at dog shelter in Ankara
A fire broke out in the dog shelter established by the volunteers of an association in Turkey’s capital Ankara. Only one of the 5 dogs kept indoors due to bad weather conditions could be saved in the fire. The dog was rescued by shelter…