Hatay Governor's Office

Heavy rains which started on May 24 morning, following warnings from the State Meteorological Service, have caused significant flooding in the southern province of Hatay.

The rainfall, varying in intensity across districts, was particularly severe in Antakya by evening, creating challenging conditions for drivers.

The tire of a Turkish Airlines plane that took off from Istanbul burst into flames while landing on the runway of the airport in the southern province of Hatay.

Overheating in one of the landing gears of the plane led the tire to explode, said Yahya Üstün, an officer from Turkish Airlines, adding that the firefighters immediately intervened to extinguish the fire.

A house that Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, used as his military headquarters in Syria's northern province of Afrin during World War I will be renovated and turned into a museum.

"The house has already been cleaned, and a project to restore and turn the house into a museum has been prepared," the Hatay Governor's Office said.

A historical mansion in Turkey's south, where many classical works of Turkish cinema were shot during the 1970s, will be restored and converted into a cinema museum.

Even after decades, Yeşilçam, known as Turkey's "Hollywood," continues to draw people's attention with its unforgettable old movies and iconic details.

Turkish security forces on Aug. 19 killed an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) member and detained four others believed to have been planning a bomb attack, local authorities have said.

Police have apprehended five suspected suicide bombers on Turkey's border with Syria, the governor's office of the southern province of Hatay stated on June 24, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported. 

Police have apprehended five suspected suicide bombers on Turkey's border with Syria, according to a statement released by the governor's office of the southern province of Hatay. 

Seven outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants were killed in a Turkish airstrike carried out in the Çukurca district of the southeastern province of Hakkari, Anadolu Agency reported on May 13.

According to a statement released from Turkish General Staff, the militants were killed while trying to infiltrate into the Güven Mountain military base region from northern Iraq. 

The Turkish government will decide on whether to hand back the Syrian pilot of the MiG-21 type military jet that crashed near the Turkish-Syrian border in the southern province of Hatay "once the situation becomes clearer," Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli has said. 

At least 780 people, including 350 foreigners, remain in detention some of whom have been convicted for suspected links to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), according to the Turkish Justice Ministry.

The Justice Ministry released a report on Jan. 11 saying a total of 725 people, who are suspected of being ISIL members, were currently in prison.