Gökçeada

A 250-meter-long road built upon the order of a Greek emperor for his wife in the 1400s has been reopened after a series of restoration works on Imbros Island (Gökçeada in Turkish) in the Aegean province of Çanakkale.

The first residents of Imbros, known as Gökçeada in Turkish, in the Aegean province of Çanakkale migrated from Anatolia some 8,500 years ago, according to archeological research which has been carried out on the island for the past six years. 

Several Greek nationals have returned to the Turkish island of Gökçeada in the Aegean province of Çanakkale to settle, with their country facing harsh conditions due to an economic crisis, according to mayor of the island. 

Muslims in Turkey along with other Muslim populations around the world are preparing to celebrate the Ramadan Feast on July 17, as the day marks the beginning of a three-day holy period in Islam as well as the end of a 30-day fast during the holy month of Ramadan.

The Turkish Coast Guard has evacuated 198 passengers from a car ferry, 14 hours after it ran aground off the Gallipoli peninsula in western Turkey.

The ferry, "Gökçeada-1," had a total of 209 people on board, including 198 passengers and 11 crew, when it became beached on April 18 during a storm near the Kuzuliman? harbor off the Aegean island of Gökçeada.

Record-breaking Turkish adventurer Erden Eruç has unveiled his latest ambitious epic journey, an ocean-spanning voyage from New York to western Turkey for next year's 101st anniversary of the Çanakkale Victory and Martyrs' Day.

The new school year has opened with only two students at an elementary school for the Greek minority on the island of Gökçeada, which was reopened last year after 49 years of being closed.