Adıyaman
DBP mayor detained after deadly PKK attack in southeast Turkey
The mayor of a sub-district in the southeastern province of Adıyaman has been detained after four Turkish soldiers were killed amid the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) attacks in the area.
Storied Mt Nemrut draws tourists to southeastern Turkey
Turkey's majestic Mount Nemrut, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the southeastern Adıyaman province, continues to draw thousands of Turkish and international tourists hoping to experience its stunning sunrises and sunsets.
Turkish man kills five in land dispute
A man killed five people including a four-year-old and a two-year-old with a shotgun after having engaged in a fight with family members over a disputed land plot on July 22 in the Besni district of the southeastern province of Adıyaman.
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Training plane crashes in southeast Turkey, pilot killed
A training plane in Turkey's southeastern Adıyaman province crashed in the morning on June 27, killing a pilot.
Magnitude 5.1 quake strikes Turkey’s southeast
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Samsat district in Turkey’s southeastern province of Adıyaman early April 24.
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Magnitude 5.1 quake strikes Adıyaman in Turkey's southeast
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Samsat district in Turkey's southeastern province of Adıyaman early April 24.
Janitor receives record 572-year jail sentence for abusing 18 children in Turkey’s Adıyaman
A janitor has been sentenced to a record 572 years in jail for sexually abusing 18 children in the student lodging of a religious vocational (imam-hatip) secondary school in the southeastern province of Adıyaman.
98 prisoners rushed to hospital after insecticide poisoning in Turkey’s Adıyaman
A total of 98 prisoners were rushed to the hospital in the southeastern province of Adıyaman after suspected poisoning from insecticide late on Jan. 9.
Young Syrian shoe polisher offered lifetime gym membership in Turkey’s east
A 12-year-old Syrian boy who works as a shoe polisher has been given a lifetime membership at a gym in Turkey’s southeastern province of Adıyaman, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Jan. 9.
Syrian refugee finds gold in bin, hands it to police in Turkey’s southeast
A Syrian refugee who found gold worth 25,000 Turkish Liras when rummaging through junk in a garbage container in the southeastern province of Adıyaman has handed the money to the police, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Jan. 3.