Adana

Hundreds of thousands of dead fish washed ashore in the Tarsus district of the southern Mersin province on Sept. 19, reportedly due to contamination from a malfunctioning wastewater treatment plant in neighboring Adana.

Officials have warned residents not to consume or touch the fish. 

Excavations at Tatarlı Mound in the southern province of Adana's Ceyhan district have unearthed an impression seal from a monumental Hittite-era structure. The seal contains information from about 3,000 years ago. The female name "Pati" was also found on the seal. 

A soldier, who was wounded in an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) rocket attack targeting a Turkish tank in Syria, succumbed to his injuries on Sept. 11, marking the eighth Turkish casualty since the launch of the anti-ISIL incursion.

Turkish authorities imposed July 16 a security lockdown at the İncirlik air base in the southern province of Adana used by U.S. and other coalition forces in the fight against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria, the U.S. consulate said.

The U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) continued to fire on ISIL targets in Syria's north on May 2 as Turkish artillery also hit jihadist targets.

Four MQ-1 drones took off from the ?ncirlik Air Base in the southern province of Adana, from where they flew to northern Syria to strike ISIL targets under the campaign of the anti-ISIL coalition. 

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets in Syria's north were hit by armed drones belonging to the U.S.-led coalition on May 2.

Four MQ-1 modelled drones took off from the ?ncirlik Air Base in the southern province of Adana. 

Ankara police detained four suspected Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) members for preparing to launch an attack during the May 1 International Workers' Day demonstrations in the capital, Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency has quoted security officials as saying. 

The Ankara anti-terror department detained the four suspects at midnight on April 30, the agency reported. 

Police used water cannons to disperse a group of around 40 protesters gathering for a May 1 rally near Taksim Square - a symbolic yet contested venue that remains prohibited on International Workers' Day.

The group of protesters, meeting near the Divan Hotel close to Taksim Square and carrying banners of "Halkevleri" (People's Houses), were dispersed by police using water cannons.

Rönesans Holding's health investments unit will invest 4.7 billion euros in six huge hospital projects in Turkey in line with the public and private partnership (PPP) model, said the unit's CEO during a summit on April 27. 

Turkish government has demanded the U.S. Army use its unmanned aerial vehicles loaded with Hellfire missiles more effectively against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) as a part of a new strategy to end deadly rocket hits in the border province of Kilis.