Çorum

A dam and a mound have been unearthed in the central Anatolian province of Çorum. The Örükaya Dam and Mound, estimated to date back 2,200 years ago, will be restored to serve tourism

A music teacher who was killed in an outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) attack in the southeastern province of Batman was laid to rest in the Osmancık district of the northern Anatolian province of Çorum on June 11. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has slammed the entire Western bloc and particularly some prominent European countries for openly pursuing the "no" campaign ahead of the April 16 referendum by using all means, including terror organizations. 

Fifteen ancient tree species that grew 4,500 years ago in Alacahöyük, one of the most important centers of the Hittite civilization will be planted in order to create a "Hittite Forest" in the central Anatolian province of Çorum.  

An Interior Ministry decree to reshuffle the police chiefs in Bingöl, Çorum, Ayd?n and Diyarbak?r provinces was published in the Official Gazette on Aug. 20, Anadolu Agency has reported.

The municipality in the Black Sea province of Çorum has opened a tender for the construction of a shopping mall and 1,500 homes on a 55,000-square-meter area, where a stadium and sports halls are currently located.

Three Russian members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have been arrested in the southern province of Adana.

"Three foreign nationals believed to be ISIL members have been arrested by the Adana Provincial Gendarmerie Command in Adana's Yumurtal?k district," the Turkish General Staff said in a written statement on Aug 9.

A 14-year-old high school student, identified only by the initials F.E., has reportedly attempted to abduct at gunpoint a female student who he had a crush on in the northern Turkish province of Çorum. However, after he failed to convince the girl to come with him, he instead took two other male students hostage.

More civil servants who are seeking to run for a parliamentary seat submitted their resignations on Feb. 10, ahead of the deadline on the same day for civil servants to resign in order to be nominated as candidates for the June 7 parliamentary elections.