Kayseri

Turkish tourism representatives expect to reach over $35 billion in this year's annual income by hosting more than 42 million tourists, despite Europe's economic problems and conflicts in neighboring countries, said Ba?aran Ulusoy, president of the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TÜRSAB).

Airbus and the Turkish Air Force signed a letter of intent on May 6 to begin the certification of the Air Supply and Maintenance center in the central Anatolian province of Kayseri as a regional maintenance hub for CN-235 aircraft.

The CN-235 is a medium-range twin-engine transport plane used for military activities, including maritime patrol, surveillance and air transport.

People across Turkey, particularly children, celebrated Sovereignty Day and Children?s Day on April 23, though the deaths of three people in three separate cities and unfavorable weather conditions darkened the festivities.  

A teacher died from a heart attack during the ceremonies at his school in the Black Sea province of Trabzon.

A scholar from a university in central Turkey has claimed well-disguised Ottoman Armenians attacked their own villages in 1915 to win independence from the crumbling Ottoman Empire.

A play performed by primary school students has drawn a reaction from parents, when a student played the role of a sheep which was sacrificed by two other students in the central Anatolian province of Kayseri.

Hac? Sami Boydak Primary and Secondary School in the Hac?lar district of Kayseri organized a controversial ceremony as part of the Nevruz celebrations on March 21.

The setting up of a protocol table and stand for a mayor in a mosque, as part of activities during the holy month of Muharram in the Central Anatolian province of Kayseri, has come under fire from the provincial head of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), who slammed the move as “inappropriate” and “political.”

A helicopter that scooped water from the pond of a zoo in central Anatolia to douse a nearby wildfire has caused the death of several birds.

The firefighting helicopter came from the southern province of Adana on Aug. 22 to help locals extinguish a fire spreading in the forests of Mount Ali in Kayseri province.

Turkish commandos have caught a shotgun wielding convict after a movie-like, 2-hour operation in Kayseri Turkish commandos have caught a shotgun wielding convict after a movie-like, 2-hour operation in the central province of Kayseri.