Selçuk University

A new endemic cornflower species has been found in the Hekimhan district of the eastern province of Malatya.

The mining galleries belonging to the Roman era that were in operation until 40 years ago in Ladik, one of the historical settlements of the Central Anatolian province of Konya, draw attention with their structure resembling an underground city.

Doctors across Turkey on April 9 discharged patients who have recovered from COVID-19 with a resounding round of applause.
All of them were informed about the 14-day home quarantine period and social isolation. Doctors will remain to monitor the patients.

Hundreds of Muslims returning to Turkey from the Umrah pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia were being housed in student dormitories on April 5 as part of quarantine measures against the novel coronavirus.
A total of 362 passengers went through health checks after arriving at Konya Airport.

A total nine people, including the mother of an expelled teacher, were detained by police on May 18 during a solidarity protest with dismissed teacher Semih Özakça and academic Nuriye Gülmen, who have been on hunger strike for 72 days, daily Cumhuriyet has reported.

The mother of Semih Özakça, a Turkish educator who has been on hunger strike for more than 65 days, has told daily Hürriyet on May 14 that she cannot eat the food that her son loves. 

"I have to stay strong and not collapse, I feed on food like soup," Sultan Özakça said on Mother's Day. 

The mothers of two slain Gezi protesters have launched a one-day hunger strike as a show of support to two educators who have been on hunger strike for over 65 days. 

Nuriye Gülmen and Semih Özakça went on a hunger strike on March 10 in Ankara, demanding to be returned to their jobs, which they lost with a state of emergency decree.

Some 30 lawmakers from the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) have sent a letter to Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım, asking the government to "reconsider the issue" and reinstate two educators, currently on hunger strike, who were dismissed through state of emergency decrees. 

The health conditions of two educators who have been on a hunger strike for over 60 days is deteriorating, while four main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) lawmakers have also launched their own hunger strike in support. 

A huge shipyard, believed to be the oldest in the world, has been discovered on Dana Island in the southern province of Mersin's Silifke district. 

Academics believe that the huge shipyard, which includes nearly 270 slipways, could shed light on the 400-year "Dark Ages" of the Mediterranean over 1,000 years B.C.