Ministry of Culture and Tourism

After 2700 years the walls of Urartu Castle have been unearthed in the Ayanis neighborhood of the eastern province of Van. 

Excavations at the Urartu Castle site, situated 38 kilometers from Van, have been ongoing for 25 years, leading to new discoveries every day. After the discovery of the temple, this year the walls, a defining part of the castle, have been unearthed. 

Turkey's State Theater might be planning to give free performances across the country on March 27, World Theater Day, but it's not a day of celebration for many theater professionals, with increasing oppression, censorship and a questionable draft law giving control to the state "Theater, one which is grounded in truth and which finds its end in the inexplicable, that I wish for all its

The TÜRVAK Cinema-Theater Museum in Istanbul is currently hosting its "100 Years of Turkish Cinema Through 100 Illustrations" exhibition.

A funeral service was held in Istanbul on Feb. 10 for Turkish classical singer Müzeyyen Senar who died at the age of 96 after contracting pneumonia.

Senar?s family members, friends and numerous celebrities attended the funeral at Istanbul?s Bebek Mosque following a noon prayer to bid farewell to the prominent singer. Senar was burried at Zincirlikuyu Cemetery.

Veteran Turkish classical singer Müzeyyen Senar died at the age of 96 at a hospital in the Aegean province of ?zmir on Feb. 8.

Senar had been in the Izmir Ege University Medical School Hospital since Feb. 2, her daughter Feraye I??l said.

If I were to use the academic language of Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, I would say my criticism comprises one item only. But it does have two clauses, both of which include objections to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Article 1 Clause (a): It is not a good idea for writers to have secret sponsors.