İzmit

A relief depicting two Roman emperors, Diocletian and Maximian, embracing each other welcomes visitors for the first time after 23 years.

The relief was unearthed during the works initiated in the northwestern province of Kocaeli in 2001.

Türkiye is set to mark the 25th anniversary of one of its most devastating earthquakes on Aug. 17, a disaster that killed over 17,000 lives across the Marmara Region.

Severe storms and relentless rainfall have wreaked havoc in the western regions of the country, especially in the Marmara Region, as several cities have been inundated that resulted in the tragic loss of two lives.

The tumuli built about 2,000 years ago for important people in the northwestern province of Kocaeli's İzmit district, where the ancient structures are located, have been struggling to survive for centuries, and the tombs, surrounded by grass, need to be brought to tourism.

Some 30 cyclists have been pedaling from the Turkish capital city of Ankara to Istanbul to promote the "Hagia Sophia Exhibition with Documents and Pictures" organized by the Turkish Historical Society (TTK). 

A fire broke out in a tanker carrying liquid petroleum gas (LPG) off Turkey's northwestern province of İzmit on April 29, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

The fire was brought under control through intervention from the sea and air, while firefighter crews continued cooling efforts due to the risk of explosion.

The Seka Film Studio in the northwestern province of İzmit is hosting historical film and TV drama shootings. The studio, which is rented out to the Maya Film Studio by the Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality, is also drawing the interest of foreign producers. 

The director of the Maya Film Studio, Alper Çetintaş, said many period dramas and films had been shot in the studio so far. 

The Ankara Municipality has taken wide measures against potential diffusion of asbestos to the air as part of the dismantling work for a decades-old factory in central Ankara, which is certified of bearing 350 tons of the carcinogenic material inside its building. 

The Ankara Municipality has taken wide measures against potential diffusion of earth flax to the air as part of the dismantling work for a decades-old factory in central Ankara, which is certified of bearing 350 tons of the carcinogenic material inside its building. 

The Turkish oil refining company Tüpraş opened a new $3 billion fuel-oil recycling facility at its refinery in the northwestern province of İzmit on Dec. 15.