Central Anatolian

A Turkish air force commander has denied allegations that 50 German-made warplanes in the inventory of the Turkish Air Forces (TSK) were buried right after World War II.

Ancient fossils dating back 8.5 million years, currently on display at the Çankırı Culture and Tourism Directorate, are set to be moved to the new Çankırı Museum. 

The archaeological site of Hattusha, the capital of the Hittite civilization which entered the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1986, was visited by a number of ambassadors in Turkey over the weekend as part of its two-day 30th anniversary celebrations organized by the governor's office in the Central Anatolian province Çorum.

Twenty suspects have been detained in three Turkish provinces following a car bomb attack in Ankara that killed at least 37 people on March 13. 

Eski?ehir Gov. Güngöz Azmi Tuna stated that simultaneous operations had been launched in the Central Anatolian province.

Turkey killed 16 militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the southeastern town of ?dil on March 7 in an operation conducted in close contact with the militant group amid a fresh offensive in another town nearby that killed a Turkish soldier.

At least 69 people have been injured in two separate bus crashes in central Turkey, the state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Some 14 people were injured after a passenger bus went off a road connecting Kayseri, a central province, and Malatya, an eastern province, early Feb. 7 because of heavy gusts and ice.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has again reiterated the need for a systemic change in Turkey's governance, underlining that his aspiration for a presidential system had nothing to do with his personal prosperity.

A K?r?ehir court has begun trying six arrested suspects and 11 others for violent attacks against the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and Kurds in the Central Anatolian province early in September. 

The funeral of Ufku Demirel, a soldier killed in an attack by outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in southeastern Turkey, has been held in Demirel's hometown Tokat, a Central Anatolian province, attended by thousands including Republican People's Party (CHP) head Kemal K?l?çdaro?lu.

A number of anti-terror marches in Turkey turned violent late Sept. 8, with ultranationalist protesters attacking the headquarters of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in Ankara, as well as its office in another Central Anatolian province.