Karaman

Diyarbak?r Bar Head Tahir Elçi's murder could "turn into an unsolved murder," said Diyarbak?r Bar lawyer Mahsuni Karaman, adding that the case's footages should be examined by "independent referees."

Continuing excavations in an extinct volcano in the Central Anatolian province of Karaman have unearthed a unique pyramidal mausoleum and a temple. 

Karaman Museum Director Abdülbari Y?ld?z said excavation and cleaning works had been continuing at the De?le and Maden?ehri villages in the skirts of Karada? Mountain since 2014. 

Pumping pressurized air into a friend's backside is apparently a prank not as rare as many people may think, particularly in Turkey, as seen by the latest potentially fatal incident.

Cannonballs from the 15th century period of Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II have been unearthed during recent archaeological excavations in a castle on the Takkeli Mount of the Central Anatolian province of Konya, which was once the capital of the Anatolian Seljuk state.

A coal mine collapse in the Central Anatolian province of Karaman has cast a shadow on the Oct. 29 Republic Day celebrations in the Turkish capital Ankara, as everyone desperately hopes for good news from the coal mine where 18 miners remain trapped.

One miner has died in a landslide that took place at a Central Anatolian mine in the city of Karaman early June 18.

Mustafa Yirik, 41, died in the hospital after he was removed from the mine that is operated by a private firm in the Güneyyurt neighborhood of the Ermenek district.

It has been discovered that the grave of 17th century Ottoman poet Karacaoğlan might be in the central Anatolian province of Karaman. During restoration works in the garden of a mosque in the city’s Sarıveliler neighborhood, a grave and tombstone with the inscribed “Karacaoğlan’ın ruhuna Fatiha” (Fatiha to Karacaoğla’s soul) in Ottoman were found.

Hayrettin Karaman, professor emeritus of Islamic law and columnist for daily Yeni Şafak, is an important figure in Turkey. He is known to be deeply respected by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan and his ideas are known to be widely appreciated by the members of the incumbent Justice and Development Party (AKP).