Çanakkale Province

Firefighting teams have been tirelessly working to extinguish major blazes engulfing Çanakkale province along Türkiye's Aegean coast, with authorities evacuating several villages in the area.

Five Greek projects have been short-listed for this year's Innovation in Politics Awards, honoring courageous and creative political work with a meaningful impact on people's lives and democracy across Europe.

During the excavations in the 7,000-year-old Assos ruins in Behramkale village, located in the Ayvacık district of the northwestern province of Çanakkale, a 2,000-year-old whistle has been unearthed around the Ayazma Church. Made of terracotta, the whistle was a child's toy in daily life, and they were put in children's graves as a burial gift believe the archaeologists.

A 5,000-year-old marble idol has come to light during works carried out in the Yeşilova and Yassıtepe mounds in the Aegean province of İzmir's Bornova district.

The construction of a key bridge in northwestern Turkey connecting Europe and Asia is close to completion, as 99 percent of the structure has already been finished.

Final groundwork and small details are being done on the 1915 Çanakkale Bridge, which is expected to be opened soon.

Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew and Greece's Deputy Foreign Minister Andreas Katsaniotis attended a mass held in the Church of St. Trifonos on the Gökçeada (Imbros) island of the northwestern province of Çanakkale on Feb. 1.

The church, located on Turkey's biggest island and which is also Bartholomew's homeland, was restored and opened to worship on Aug. 9, 2021, after 55 years.

The restoration of a 202-year-old castle, which was used as a combat center and weapon repair workshop during the Dardanelles Wars, is about to end, following six years of efforts.

Bigalı Castle, located on the European coast of Turkey's northwestern province of Çanakkale and completed during the reign of Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II, will soon begin to welcome visitors once again.

It dates back to archaic to classical period (6th-5th century BCE) an has modern additions

The 1915 Çanakkale Bridge will contribute to developing social ties among Europe, Asia, and Africa, while improving the trade and tourism sectors, Turkey's president said on Nov. 13.

Works that have been continuing in the ancient city of Alexandria Troas, located in a region close to the sea in the northwestern province of Çanakkale's Ezine district, have brought to light two gates of the city's bazaar, believed to be 2,200 years old.