Mardin

The sight of donkeys collecting garbage in the southern province of Mardin is set to end, with local officials announcing a phased retirement plan for the animals over the next six months.

Artuklu has long been utilizing donkeys to collect garbage due to the district's narrow, steep streets that make vehicle access challenging.

Boncuklu Tarla (Beaded Field), located in the Ilısu neighborhood of the southeastern province of Mardin's Dargeçit district, sheds light on human history with its 12,000-year-old past.

In a bid to boost tourism, restoration efforts are underway in the southeastern province of Mardin's Dereiçi neighborhood, celebrated for its rich diversity, where residents of various religions, sects and languages come together.

Türkiye's school life expectancy (SLE), the estimated amount of time that a primary school-aged person in Türkiye will likely spend in school until they reach their highest level of education, was calculated to be 17.9 years in 2023, data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) have shown.

Individuals with higher levels of education have longer life expectancies overall in the country, while life expectancy is shorter for those with lower levels of education, data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) showed.

Following restoration efforts, 3,000-year-old underground cave dwellings in the country's eastern province of Mardin's Midyat have been transformed into a captivating tourist attraction.

The Midyat region, which has hosted numerous civilizations throughout history, attracts thousands of visitors annually from both domestic and international destinations.

The trophies of the Turkish leg of the L'Étape by Tour de France Series, one of the world's greatest bicycle race organizations, have been made in the country's eastern province of Mardin.

The major agricultural fire in the country's southeastern region has been caused by a malfunction on an electrical pole, killing 15 people, according to a preliminary expert report.

On June 21, 11 people were killed and dozens more were injured after a fire that started with the burning of crop stubble which spread through settlements in the southeastern provinces of Diyarbakır and Mardin.

Türkiye braces for a substantial temperature surge in the coming week as some parts of the country are likely to reach a blistering 40 degrees Celsius, prompting citizens to exercise caution.

The air temperature will generally rise 6 to 10 degrees above seasonal norms, particularly affecting southern, central and western parts of the country.