Cilicia

Turkish authorities imposed July 16 a security lockdown at the İncirlik air base in the southern province of Adana used by U.S. and other coalition forces in the fight against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria, the U.S. consulate said.

Officials have pushed the button on a project for the restoration and environmental arrangement of the ancient city of Akkale, an olive oil production and exportation center in the late Roman era in the southern province of Mersin's Erdemli district.  

Artifacts removed from the Ertu?rul frigate as part of the Ertu?rul Project underwater excavations are on display at a permanent exhibition at the Mersin Naval Museum in the southern province of Mersin. 

Tufan Turanl?, the head of the Ertu?rul frigate underwater excavation, said in the opening that it was the 12th exhibition of the Ertu?rul frigate. 

The 18th State Theaters Sabanc? International Adana Theater Festival kicked off on March 27, World Theater Day. The Sak?p Sabanc? Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to theater and cinema actor Erdal Özya?c?lar. He received his award from the Sabanc? Foundation Board of Trustees President Güler Sabanc? at the opening ceremony. 

Turkey's nation post office, PTT, has issued a stamp featuring the Varda Bridge in the southern province of Adana, where some scenes from the James Bond movie "Skyfall" were filmed in 2012.

Stating that the Varda Bridge had historical importance for Turkey and Adana, PTT Adana Director Mehmet Kani Gümü?o?lu said 50,000 stamps had been printed. 

A Syrian toddler has died from cold and malnutrition in southern Turkey after her family, who was fleeing violence in Syria, made it to the southern Turkish province of Hatay on foot.

The Guardian exposed the dark side of the Turkish rag trade by visiting a basement room in an Istanbul suburb where young children that look like seasoned workers dextrously toil away. Young Syrian Kurds that flee their war-torn countries work 60 hours per week for 600 Turkish lira to help support their families while Istanbul’s students are in thier classroom.

The first book fair of the year, the 9th Çukurova Book Fair will be organized between Jan. 9 and at the Tüyap Fair and Congress Center in the southern province of Adana.

Works at an archaeological site in the southern province of Mersin's historical Tarsus district have unearthed an ancient road. 

In a written statement, Tarsus Museum Director Mehmet Çavu? said drainage work in the field had revealed an ancient road built using the polygonal technique. 

A 3-month-old baby has been killed alongside her grandfather in the southeastern province of ??rnak after being struck by a bullet at home, after which her grandfather was also shot dead trying to rush the baby to an ambulance.