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Some part of a double way in the ancient city of Anavarza, known as the first double highway of the ancient world, will be opened to tourists in a few years Known as the "first double highway" of the ancient world, a columned way in the ancient city of Anavarza, located close to Dilekkaya village in the southern province of Adana, is being unearthed during excavations.

Theater is making its annual return to Turkey's south, with the 17th State Theaters Sabanc? International Adana Theater Festival set to begin on World Theater Day on March 27.

The festival will offer the people of Adana an enjoyable program throughout the month with 24 plays, including 16 local and eight international plays.

A journalist in southern Turkey has been sentenced to a five-month suspended prison sentence, while the houses of two more journalists from the same city have been raided by police, all for ?insulting? President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an on their social media accounts.

The houses of two journalists in southern Turkey have been raided by police for ?insulting? President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an on Twitter, while another journalist has testified in Istanbul for committing the same alleged crime in his book.

Thanks to passionate art lover and collector Yüksel Erimtan, Ankara now has its first ever archaeology and arts museum formed from a private collection The Turkish capital?s first-ever archaeology and arts museum, the Erimtan Archaeology and Arts Museum, has just opened, hosting an impressive collection of objects dating back to the Bronze Age of 3000 BC, the Hittite era, the late Roman

Three workers died in a fire at a packaging factory?s dorm in Turkey?s southern province of Mersin on Feb. 5.

The fire started in the early hours of Feb. 5 at the dorm of a fruit and vegetable packaging factory in Mersin?s Erdemli district, killing three workers and injuring six more. 

Archaeological excavations are continuing in the ancient city of Anavarza. The Roman-era ancient city, located close to the Dilekkaya village in the southern province of Adana, is currently hosting a team of 50 people under the scientific consultancy of Çukurova University academic Fatih Gül?en. 

Gül?en said the excavations had been ongoing for two months so far. 

Located at the New Adana Museum, which will be Turkey's largest museum complex on an area of roughly seven hectares when complete, the Archaeology Museum will be open in the coming days, according to a written statement from the Adana Governor's Office. 

?The Wren? will be staged in Çukurova by the Mersin State Opera Ballet. 

According to a written statement made by MDOB, ?The Wren? will be staged on Jan. 31 at the Mersin Culture Center. Following Mersin, the ballet will be on stage in Adana?s Hac? Ömer Sabanc? Culture Center on Feb. 2 and in Osmaniye?s Cebelibereket Culture Center on Feb. 3. 

Turkish coast guard units have captured 333 migrants, mostly Syrian refugees, in a boat as they were attempting to sail to Europe.

The coast guard's Mediterranean region command staged the operation late on Jan. 18, capturing 333 migrants on a boat off the southern province of Mersin.