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World's oldest palace Aslantepe Tumulus in Turkey to be open air museum


The oldest palace of the world which is in Aslantepe Tumulus dated back to 5,000 B.C. in eastern province of Malatya will become an open air museum.

Turkey Voted Favorite Country


Turkey has been chosen by Condé Nast Traveller readers as their favourite country in the Destination category at the Condé Nast Traveller 12th Annual Readers' Travel Awards for the first time.

Southern Turkish city prepares to host Golden Cocoons


The 17th International Adana Golden Cocoon Film Festival will take place in the southern province of Adana between Sept. 20 and 26.
 

Ephesus of Black Sea unearthed in northern Turkey


Excavations are continuing at the ancient city of Tieion, which was established in Filyos in Zonguldak’s Çaycuma district in the 6th century B.C. The site is considered to be the Ephesus of the Black Sea Region.
 

Turkey’s first museum store chain offers history, art


Turkey’s first museum store recently opened at Topkapı Palace Museum but the number of new stores at historical and museum sites around the country is expected to increase to 55 by the end of 2010. ‘We saw that the resources on Topkapı Palace published in Turkey were ...

Tablets of 4,000-yr-old trade agreement found in central Turkey


Archaeologists have unearthed 4,000-year-old tablets that represent one of the first written trade agreements in Anatolia, according to a professor from Ankara University's Faculty of Letters, History and Geography.

Ancient fountain opens after 13 years of restoration


A historical fountain that is one of the major artifacts of an ancient city located in Turkey's western Burdur province has been re-opened after a restoration process that lasted 13 years.

Long-awaited excavations start at Yoros castle in Istanbul


The Council of Ministers has given permission for excavations in the thousands-of-years-old Yoros castle, located at the entrance of the Black Sea. Stoneware and a water pipe were found on the first day of the excavations. The excavation team’s chairman, Professor Asnu Bilban Yalçın, ...

1,500-year-old dye production facilities unearthed in Turkey


Dye production facilities dating back to 1,500 years were unearthed in excavations in an ancient city in the Mediterranean province of Antalya.

Contemporary comic strip writers reinterpret their predecessor’s works


‘Cont per Cont,’ or ‘100 Percent,' an exhibition of comic strip reinterpretations from the Comic Strip Museum in France, is showing at Istanbul's French Cultural Center. Works by Turkish comic strip writers Ersin Karabulut, Memo Tembelçizer, Galip Tekin and Oky are ...

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