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A 2,000-year-old ancient Roman theater in the northwestern province of Bursa's İznik district is regaining its unique identity during excavation and reorganization works. 

Zindan (dungeon) Gate, which was built in the Bithynia Kingdom 2,500 years ago, has been unearthed in the northwestern province of Bursa and is set to open to visitors next year.

A new project that introduced female-priority carriages on intra-city trains in the northwestern Turkish province of Bursa has drawn criticism from some locals.  

"You cannot end sexual harassment by putting women in separate carriages. Women and men come together in other environments too. You cannot avert it this way," passenger Irmak Aslan said. 

Bursa Metropolitan Municipality has launched a project to designate separate railway carriages for women on intra-city trains to make women "comfortable" during their rides, the local mayor said June 15 at a municipal meeting, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Restoration work has been initiated in the 2,000-year-old Gate of Istanbul, the most magnificent part of the city walls in the northwestern city of Bursa's İznik district. 

Underwater archaeological work began on Dec. 4 in an ancient Roman-era basilica discovered at the beginning of last year under Lake ?znik in the northwestern province of Bursa.

Underwater archaeological work has started on the remains of a 1,600-year-old basilica that was discovered at the beginning of 2014 under Lake ?znik in the northwestern province of Bursa.