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Corum

Corum
Çorum is the capital of Çorum Province inland from the Black Sea coast in central Turkey. Çorum is located at 244 km (152 mi) from Ankara and 608 km (378 mi) from Istanbul. It has a population of 178,500 (2004), and the elevation is 820 m. Çorum is known for its leblebi (dried chick-peas), and…
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Bilecik

Bilecik
Bilecik is the provincial capital of Turkey's Bilecik Province. Along with its districts, it is the birthplace of the Osmanlı dynasty, whose members founded the Ottoman Empire. The town is famous for its numerous restored Turkish houses. It is increasingly becoming more attractive more tourists. With its rich architectural heritage, Bilecik is a member of…
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Burdur

Burdur
Burdur (formerly sometimes called Buldur), is a city southwestern Turkey and the seat of the Burdur Province of Turkey. It is located at 37.7202778° N 30.2908333° E, on the shore of Lake Burdur. Its estimated 2007 population is 67,097
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Turkish Professor Aziz Sancar Wins Nobel Chemistry Prize

Turkish Professor Aziz Sancar Wins Nobel Chemistry Prize
Aziz Sancar, a Turkish professor at the University of North Carolina, wins Nobel Chemistry Prize along with Tomas Lindahl and Paul Modrich, with their work on how cells repair damaged DNA. Aziz Sancar, a Turkish biochemist and molecular biologist specializing in DNA repair, cell cycle checkpoints, and the circadian clock won the 2015 Nobel Chemistry…
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Human rights and democratisation in Turkey

Human rights and democratisation in Turkey
Since the adoption of Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, a significant progress has been made globally in respect of human rights. In Turkey, adoption of reforms aiming at fundamental rights and freedoms has vastly accelerated. Regulations enabling every citizen to enjoy fundamental rights and freedom have put into practice. Human Rights Day is…
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Health correspondents from Middle East and Africa visited in Turkey

Health correspondents from Middle East and Africa visited in Turkey
General Directorate of Press and Information (DGPI) and the Office of Public Diplomacy jointly organised a programme for the visit of the health correspondents from Middle East and North Africa countries between November 18-21 in Tukey. 16 journalists were hosted in Istanbul and Ankara within the scope of the Journalist Delegation Programme. The delegation visited…
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Şanlıurfa

Şanlıurfa
Şanlıurfa (often simply known as Urfa in daily language), formerly cited as Edessa or in Kurdish; Riha or Urhāy, or in Armenian Urhai) is a city in south-eastern Turkey, and the capital of Şanlıurfa Province. Urfa is situated on a plain under big open skies, about eighty kilometres east of the Euphrates River. The climate…
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Mardin

Mardin
Mardin is a city in southeastern Turkey. The capital of Mardin Province, it is known for its Arab-style architecture, and for its strategic location on a rocky mountain overlooking the plains of northern Syria. Mardin has a very mixed population, Turks, Assyrians, Aramean-Syriac people, Arabs and Kurds all represent large groups. Mardin is an Aramaic…
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Amasya

Amasya
Amasya  is the administrative district of Amasya Province in northern Turkey. It covers an area of 1730 km², and the population is 133,000, of which 74,000 live in the city and the remainder in surrounding villages. Altitude is 411 m. Amasya stands in the mountains above the Black Sea coast, the city was built in…
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Artvin

Artvin
Artvin is a city in north-eastern Turkey on the Çoruh River near the Georgian border. This article is about the city of Artvin. See Artvin Province for more information about the surrounding area. Geography The city of Artvin looks impressive, standing high on a rock above the Çoruh River, a 5km climb along a road…
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