Karamanids

Turkey's Niğde province, home to many civilizations such as the Hittites, Romans, Seljuks, Karamanoğlu, and Ottomans, awaits its visitors with its natural and cultural heritage. (AA Photo)

Turkey's president marked the 743rd anniversary of the Turkish language on May 13. 

In 1277, Mehmet I of Karaman, a province in central Anatolia, declared Turkish as the official language of the Karamanid dynasty.

"We always defended the interests of our country and the right of the oppressed in Turkish," Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Twitter.

Two transgender sex workers have been detained in Turkey's Central Anatolian province of Karaman for beating and stabbing two men in a rift. 

A book praising an Australian jihadist has been distributed among students of a state high school in the Central Anatolian province of Karaman, daily Cumhuriyet has reported.

A dormitory manager and a provincial head of Credit and Dormitories Institution were discharged from duty on Nov. 14 after a prank hospitalized eight students in a girls’ dormitory in the Central Anatolian province of Karaman.

A Byzantine-era stone tablet has been found during road construction in the Central Anatolian province of Karaman's Ermenek district. 

A second lawsuit has been filed against a teacher in the Ere?li district of the Central Anatolian province of Konya, after he was sentenced on April 20 to 508 years and three months in jail on charges of sexually assaulting 10 school children in the Central Anatolian province of Karaman.

A local court sentenced a teacher to 508 years and three monts in prison on April 20 on charges of sexually assaulting 10 male school children in the Central Anatolian province of Karaman.

The 54-year-old teacher, identified only by the initials M.B., pleaded not guilty in the hearing, which took place amid tight security measures.

A teacher facing up to 600 years in prison on charges of sexually assaulting 10 male school children in the Central Anatolian province of Karaman has denied all accusations in the first hearing of the case.

The 54-year-old teacher, identified only by the initials M.B., pleaded not guilty in the April 20 hearing, which took place amid tight security measures.

A 14-page indictment of a teacher, who faces 600 years of prison for sexually assaulting ten male school children in the central Anatolian province of Karaman revealed shocking details of the offense that caused huge stir throughout Turkey.