Mersin

Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, an internationally acclaimed Turkish scholar on ancient Sumeria, died on Nov. 17 at the age of 110.

Çiğ, born in 1914, passed away in intensive care at a hospital in the southern province of Mersin's Mezitli district.

Türkiye aims to have 7,200 megawatts of nuclear power by 2035, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has said, adding that without nuclear energy the country is unlikely to meet its 2052 net-zero target.

"We need to build two more reactors until 2035 in order to achieve this target," he told daily Milliyet.

Construction of Turkey's first nuclear power plant is being delayed by Germany's Siemens Energy withholding key parts required for it to be built by Russia's Rosatom, which is seeking alternatives in China, Turkey's energy minister said on Wednesday.

Residential property sales in Türkiye jumped 16 percent from a year ago in July, according to latest data released on Tuesday while sales to foreigners increased by 16.1 percent.

A total of 127,088 houses changed hands last month, up from 109,548 in July 2023, a Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) report showed.

Türkiye's 58th airport, Çukurova International Airport, was inaugurated in the southern province of Mersin on Aug. 10, with a ceremony attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

In addition to passenger transportation, the airport will also have a multiplier effect on the exports of the region, Erdoğan said, noting that it will create 3,000 jobs.

Officials have formally launched the ferry services from the southern province of Mersin's Anamur district to Turkish Cyprus on Aug. 2.

The service had already begun on June 12, with the journey taking about an hour and a half to complete.

A ship carrying over 2,400 tons of humanitarian aid left the Turkish port of the southern province of Mersin on Saturday, bound for the war-torn African nation of Sudan.

A 50-year-old Caretta Caretta sea turtle, which was found injured two years ago and is now under endangered protection, has been released to the sea after its treatment.

The 11,000-year-old Gilindire Cave Natural Protected Area and Nature Park in the southern province of Mersin's Aydıncık district has reopened to the public after significant enhancements.

The cave, which was revealed 15 years ago, has recently reopened after undergoing extensive restoration of its landscaping, entrance, walking paths, stairs, viewing areas and lighting.

The ancient port city of Anemurium, where continuous excavation and restoration efforts are shedding light on a civilization that dates back 2,000 years, will be proposed as a candidate for inclusion in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List.