Cilicia

A charter flight evacuated 169 more Turkish citizens from Lebanon on Oct. 17 as Israel's military continued its operations in the region, diplomatic sources have said.

Passengers were first flown to Mersin's Çukurova Airport in the country's south before being transferred to Istanbul.

Türkiye has helped evacuate 2,120 foreigners from Lebanon amid Israel's ongoing attacks, diplomatic sources said on Oct. 16.

The evacuees, who hailed from 21 countries including the U.S., Russia, Japan and Palestine, reached their respective destinations by air through Türkiye, the sources told local media.

Tarsus Nature Park, affiliated with the Mersin Metropolitan Municipality's Agricultural Services Department and one of the largest nature park and rehabilitation centers in Çukurova, hosted 400,000 visitors in 2023.

Nine people have been killed and 30 others injured as an intercity passenger bus overturned in the southern province of Mersin.

Sweltering temperatures are straining the electric grids in the southern provinces of Adana and Mersin.

Energy consumption in those provinces hit record levels as people keep their air conditioners on almost 24 hours a day, while staff from utility companies are out in the field to ensure the power grids do not fail.

With ongoing debris removal works, vacant areas in which buildings were located before the Feb. 6 earthquakes have turned into almost large and quiet squares in the southern province of Hatay.

A baby who was rescued from under the rubble in the Kahramanmaraş earthquakes and brought to the southern province of Mersin for treatment was handed over to his parents 50 days later.

Katibe and Naser Alkhalef had just moved to the southern province of Kahramanmaraş with their three children before the devastating quakes hit the region.

Dubbed as the "pearl of eastern Mediterranean," Turkey's Mersin province welcomes diving enthusiasts with its 321-kilometer-long coastline, submarine canyons and natural wonders. (AA Photo)

With the receding of water in the Seyhan Dam Lake in the southern province of Adana, some part of the ancient city of Augusta has come to light.

The ancient city of Augusta, founded by the Roman Emperor Tiberius, was flooded by the Seyhan Dam Lake in 1955.

The ruins of the ancient city of Kastabala, which dates back to the 5th century B.C. in the southern province of Osmaniye, are being unearthed through archaeological excavations. Many of its structures have survived to the present day and are called "The Ephesus of Çukurova."

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