Elazığ

The restoration of a nearly 2,800-year-old water cistern from the Urartu period, found within Harput Castle in Türkiye's eastern Anatolia region, has been successfully finalized.

Search teams rescued four trapped workers after a collapse in a chromite mine in the eastern province of Elazığ, local media has reported.

The cave-in occurred around 10 a.m. on Feb. 26 in a privately owned chromite mine in Elazığ's Palu district for reasons yet to be determined, resulting in the entrapment of four workers.

After losing his hand in a fire accident in his childhood, Fethi Ahmet Öner devoted his life to teaching in the Central Anatolian province of Kayseri, inspiring his students with his life journey. 

The 2,500-year-old water cistern unveiled during the excavations in the Harput Castle in the eastern province of Elazığ, will be brought to tourism.

The excavation works carried out under the leadership of Prof. Dr. İsmail Aytaç, a faculty member at Fırat University, in the Harput Castle have been continuing for 10 years.

A total of 325 tons of trout perished at two separate production facilities in the eastern province of Van's Gürpınar district as a result of oxygen deprivation.

The dead fish were buried underground and a report was filed by the District Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry teams.

A new species of the inverted tulip plant has come to light in the Karakoçan district of the eastern province of Elazığ.

Veysel Sonay, a postgraduate student at Şanlıurfa Harran University's Biology Department, saw that the flower he came across in Elazığ during his field studies was looking different from other species.

The results of the high school admission exam have revealed that 562 students, including some quake survivors, have received a perfect score, with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announcing that two additional quotas will be opened for quake-affected students in each class of high schools.

Torrential rains have paralyzed daily life in Türkiye, while vehicles were submerged in rainwater and floods damaged citizens' properties in several provinces.

Salmon production in Türkiye exceeded 190,000 tons in 2022, as the country ranked second in the world after Iran, the statistics by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has revealed.

While Iran produced nearly 194,000 tons of salmon, over 1 million tons were produced in 77 countries, the FAO's report stated.

A French couple who decided to set off on a world tour by bicycle started from the eastern province of Van in Türkiye and are currently passing by Elazığ.

Undertaking an interesting task, 37-year-old Thomas Jourdain and 33-year-old Marion Belloteau set out on a world tour by bicycle. Aiming to cycle to France, the couple started their journey from Van.