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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…
Budgie named Turna went through C-section to get her stuck egg removed
An egg stuck in the womb of a one-year-old budgie named "Turna" in Zonguldak in Turkey was removed through cesarean section. The owner of the bird applied to the Zonguldak Veterinary Clinic with the suspicion that the bird had a mass in its…
A rainbow like circle appeared around the Sun in Turkey
On Tuesday noon, a circle resembling a rainbow was formed around the Sun in Turkey's Erzurum city. The magnificent natural phenomenon amazed those who saw it. Domestic and foreign tourists skiing at the Palandöken Ski Center peak at an…
Full moon over historic Salen Castle in Turkey
Photographs show the full moon rising over the historical Şalen Castle, which is located on the peak of the Amanos Mountains in Hatay's Iskenderun district. The castle has stood since the Hellenistic period and is located in the highland…
Police detain 15 irregular Afghan migrants in Turkey
The journey of Afghan irregular migrants who entered Turkey illegally ended in Kars. The police, who received the information that irregular migrants would enter, began to wait at the entrance points to the city. After traveling for days in…