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Giant Icicles in Şuğul Canyon, Türkiye Form Stunning Winter Scene
Şuğul Canyon in the Gürün district of Sivas, Türkiye, known for its natural beauty and thousands of years of history, has become a winter wonderland with the recent snowfall. Visitors of all ages have been amazed by the clear water flowing…
Business center demolished in Diyarbakır
The demolition of the Galeria Business Center and the buildings above it in Diyarbakir province, which were heavily damaged in the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquakes in Turkey, was stopped when it was discovered that there were cats inside.…
Türkiye deports 136 irregular migrants to Afghanistan
As part of the combat against irregular migration in Türkiye, immigrants continue to be deported to their countries. A total of 136 Afghan nationals, who were found to have entered the country illegally in Erzurum, were deported back to…
Fault line from Hatay earthquake splits olive tree in two, 10 meters apart
Traces of the earthquake that struck the Samandağ district of Hatay are still being discovered, with a recent sighting leaving witnesses in disbelief. In a garden, the fault line had cut an olive tree in half and carried the pieces 10…
Turkish man sustains pottery tradition, turns mud into art
A Turkish craftsman turns the materials he obtained from nature into art by combining his experience and mastery with manual dexterity in Kırşehir, Türkiye. Sercan Bayram tries to sustain pottery, which is a profession that existed in the…
endangered lynx caught on security cameras
A lynx, which is on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) red list of threatened species, was caught by the security camera of a house in the village of Tunceli, Türkiye. The lynx passed by the house before…
firefighters mobilized to rescue trapped cat in damaged building in türkiye
Firefighters took action to rescue a cat trapped in an evacuated building in the city of Adıyaman, Türkiye, that was damaged by the earthquakes in Kahramanmaraş. A firefighter reached the window of the apartment, where the cat was seen,…
türkiye earthquakes causes rockfall in malatya
The severe jolts of the 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes that occurred in Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye and affected 11 provinces caused the mountains in Malatya's Akçadağ district to break into pieces. Huge chunks of rock from the mountains…
Turkish artist donates proceeds from recycled art to support earthquake victims
A Turkish artist, Metin Birecikligil, collected discarded materials such as paper, fabric, yarn, balloons, and toothpicks, and made paintings from these materials. Paintings portraying scenes from Turkish cinema made in this technique are…
Earthquake-caused rift in Hatay seen from satellite
During the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquakes in Türkiye, a massive rift split a 35-hectare olive orchard in the middle of the Tepehan Village of Hatay's Altınözü District. The satellite observed the 500-meter-long rift with a depth of…