Turkish military says bombarded 24 PKK targets in southeast

Turkish warplanes struck 24 targets in a bombardment of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) positions in the southeastern province of Hakkari late on Sept. 29, the military said.

The targets destroyed in border towns of Yüksekova and Da?l?ca were mainly weapon emplacements and shelters, the army said in a statement on Sept. 30. 

Forty million liras spent for archaeological excavations by Turkish culture ministry

Archaeological excavations authorized by the Culture and Tourism Ministry have cost roughly 43 million Turkish Liras in 2013, as has been reported at the 36th International Excavation, Research and Archeometry Symposium. The symposium opened yesterday at the Zeugma Mosaic Museum in the southeastern province of Gaziantep.