Edremit

An animal skeleton has been found in the storage room of a mosque in the eastern province of Van's Edremit district. 

Officials found the animal skeleton while emptying the storage of the old mosque, which was used for wood and coal storage, while moving to a recently built mosque in the district.  

Turkey's coastguard said on Feb. 10 it had rescued a Syrian refugee who clung on alone to a sinking boat for his life after it went down while seeking to cross the Aegean Sea to Greece.

Turkish police have detained one person suspected of organizing a smuggling operation that left 27 refugees dead on Feb. 8.

At least 27 foreign nationals, including 11 children, died after a boat carrying refugees sank in the Aegean Sea off Turkey's western Bal?kesir province.

At least 27 migrants, including 11 children, were killed after a boat bound for the Greek island of Lesbos capsized off Turkey's Edremit Bay on Feb. 8, the Turkish Coast Guard has said. 

The migrants had been taking a different route, as local security forces have stepped up measures to prevent more crossings from Turkey to Greece.

At least 24 migrants, including 11 children, were killed when a boat bound for the Greek island of Lesbos capsized off Turkey's Edremit Bay on Feb. 8, with the boat reportedly charting a different course due to intensified security measures to prevent migrant crossings.

A dismantled plane, which has reached its flight limits, will be used as a restaurant in the town of Edremit, located in the western province of Bal?kkesir. 

The plane's transformation into a restaurant began when a private aviation company bought the Airbus A340 plane from Turkish Airlines (THY). The plane was first dismantled into eight parts in Istanbul's Atatürk Airport.

Police seized a large stash of ammunition and automatic weapons from a house in the southeastern province of Van where 12 outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants were killed on Jan. 10. 

A man and his wife killed have allegedly stabbed each other to death in the western Turkish province of Balıkesir, daily Habertürk reported.

The bodies of Muharrem Teköz and Beyhan Tökez were found dead at their home in the town of Edremit late on June 22.