Akçaabat

Within the scope of the ongoing excavations in the Akçakale Castle, built in the 13th century and located at a point overlooking the sea in the Black Sea province of Trabzon's Akçaabat district, divers are also looking for remains under the sea.

Located in the Black Sea province of Trabzon's Akçaabat district, the Hıdırnebi Highland offers breathtaking scenes with its enchanting nature. (AA Photo)

St. Michael Church in a Black Sea coastal town in northeastern Turkey will become a museum that welcomes domestic and foreign tourists in 2021, according to officials.

The historical building in Akçaabat town of Trabzon province has been restored and will be used in social and cultural activities by Turkey's Culture and Tourism Ministry.

Turkish politician Haydar Baş died on April 14 after contracting the novel coronavirus. He was 73.

Baş, the leader of the Independent Turkey Party (BTP), was in intensive care in a state hospital in the Black Sea province of Trabzon.

The politician was buried in his family cemetery after funeral prayers in the Akçaabat district.

The deputy mayor of Turkey's Black Sea province of Trabzon has said Turkish officials will revise the date of the former Byzantine town's conquest by the Ottomans after celebrating it on the wrong day for 58 years.