Beypazarı

Turkish authorities have started a drive to protect stray and wild animals from heavy snowfall and storms that have lasted for nearly a week and severely affected life across the country.

Several public institutions and municipalities supplemented the wildlife with food to prevent the species that have been suffering from food shortages from starving in harsh winter conditions.

Villagers living in the Central Anatolian province of Çorum's Bayat district have been living in fear of a "lion" for a while.
Since their livestock has been destroyed by an unknown wild animal recently, those living in Emirhalil village claim that it was a lion that was attacking the herds.

A young man who has been making miniature Ottoman wooden houses has now amassed the country's largest collection of such dwellings.

Berkay Karaca, a native of Ankara's Beypazarı district, which is famous for its old Ottoman wooden houses, has become a master in making the houses.

First, he forms a model of the house with a special drawing.

Ankara's historic Beypazarı district on April 18 entered the tentative list of UNESCO with its thousands of years old history.

Beypazarı has been a settlement since ancient times and holds symbols of ancient traditions with rich historical and natural resources, according to UNESCO.

Ankara's Beypazarı district, a cradle of civilization, expects to be nominated for the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage sites, said the mayor at the 25th International Beypazarı Festival.