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Deputy PM says Turkey has no plans to compete in Eurovision 2018

Deputy Prime Minister and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) spokesperson Bekir Bozdağ has said Turkey has no plans at the moment to participate...

1,800-year-old church falling into disrepair due to delayed restoration

An 1,800-year-old Orthodox church in Turkey’s Muğla province is poised to fall into ruin due to its delayed restoration and neglect. The Ministry of...

2,000-year-old lion sculpture destroyed in Turkey’s Adıyaman province

A two-thousand-year-old lion sculpture at an ancient burial site dating back to the Kingdom of Commagene in Turkey’s Adıyaman province has been destroyed, the...

Fairy chimneys of Cappadocia used as gendarmerie stations

Fairy chimneys in the Cappadocia region of Central Anatolia are being used as gendarmerie stations in lieu of constructing new outposts in order to...

World’s oldest temple closed to visitors due to excavation team links with Gülen

Gobekli Tepe, the world’s oldest temple at more than 11,000 years, has been closed to visitors for 15 months due to alleged links of...

Erdoğan: Atatürk Cultural Center to be replaced by opera house

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced at an iftar dinner on Tuesday that the Atatürk Cultural Center (AKM) in Istanbul’s Taksim Square would be demolished...

6th century statue stolen from museum lawn in Aegean town

A sixth century statue of a priest was stolen from a museum garden in Isparta's Yalvaç district, located in Turkey’s western Aegean region, the...

Veteran Turkish actor Halit Akçatepe dies at 79

One of Turkey’s most popular and well-liked actors, Halit Akçatepe, who was under treatment after suffering a stroke last year, died on Friday at...

Nobel laureate Pamuk: I don’t want to be silent while newspapers are shuttered in Turkey

Nobel laureate novelist Orhan Pamuk said on Wednesday that he cannot keep silent while there is tremendous political pressure on dissent and newspapers critical...

Turkish ministry refuses to register short film criticizing executive presidency

Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Tourism has refused to register a short film for an upcoming film festival in İstanbul due to scenes that...

[VIDEO] Cypriot goddess sculpture found in Aegean Sea

Archaeologists have discovered a sculpture of a Cypriot goddess that is said to be the biggest find in Turkish underwater history, in the Aegean Sea...

Gov’t-appointed Diyarbakır mayor dismisses municipal theater performers

Cumali Atilla, a trustee appointed by the government to administer the eastern province of Diyarbakır, fired actors employed by the municipal-funded city theater. The government...

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