Karaman

A Lithuanian climber has tragically fallen to his death while ascending southern Geyik Mountain, authorities have confirmed.

The incident occurred at an altitude of 2,877 meters on the mountain, nestled between Antalya, Konya and Karaman provinces, one of the highest peaks of the Taşeli plateau in the area.

Türkiye is grappling with extreme weather emergencies as torrential rains once again cause floods in the southern quake-hit province of Hatay's Iskenderun district, while heavy snowfall forces schools to close in nine out of all 81 provinces in the country.

The number of sinkholes has risen substantially in a year due to the excessive use of groundwater for irrigation purposes in the Konya Plain in the central Turkish province, which is known as the "grain silo" of Turkey due to its vast wheat fields.

Turkey brought back 777 of its nationals from Morocco, Algeria, Italy, and the U.S. early on April 25 as part of its ongoing repatriation efforts.

It is working to bring back nearly 25,000 citizens for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan who have been stranded abroad because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The General Directorate of Meteorology has announced that snowfall expected in the high parts of Ankara province.

Ankara woke up with cold and snowy weather on Jan. 6 and snowfall in the high parts of the city accelerated.

An official statement has not yet been made as to whether there is a snow holiday for schools in Ankara.

A 14-page indictment of a teacher, who faces 600 years of prison for sexually assaulting ten male school children in the central Anatolian province of Karaman revealed shocking details of the offense that caused huge stir throughout Turkey.  

A public prosecutor demanded 600 years in prison for a teacher who is suspected of sexually assaulting ten male students in a foundation house in the central Anatolian province of Karaman. 

Pumping pressurized air into a friend's backside is apparently a prank not as rare as many people may think, particularly in Turkey, as seen by the latest potentially fatal incident.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said safe rooms should be compulsory in mines and subcontracting must end in Turkey's mining sector, as he attended the Dec. 5 funerals of five miners who died after being trapped in a coal mine in the Central Anatolian town of Ermenek.

Ten people who died while trapped by an underground flood in the Ermenek mine did not drown, but rather died due to coal gas poisoning, autopsy reports have shown.

Ten miners' bodies have been recovered from the coal mine in the Karaman province since the accident took place on Oct. 28, while efforts are continuing to locate the remains of the other eight.