Kilis

A Turkish soldier died and another was missing on Sept.1 following cross-border fire from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) held territory in neighboring Syria, local officials said.

They told Reuters that a third soldier was lightly wounded in the incident on Sept. 1 in the southeastern province of Kilis, abutting territory controlled by the militants for months.

Two 3,900-year-old female skeletons from the Bronze Age have been unearthed at Oylum Mound in the southeastern province of Kilis. 

This has to be one of the most heartwarming examples of humanity and compassion. Turkish newlyweds Fethullah Uzumcuoglu and Esra Polat invited 4,000 Syrian refugees to participate in their wedding celebrations by offering them food.

The governor of the southeastern Turkish province ?anl?urfa has said he will not allow a group that was allegedly planning a protest against Syrians in the city to pursue the march. 

A 26-year-old man was killed in Turkey's southeastern province of Kilis on March 17 after soldiers opened fire when a vehicle entered a first degree forbidden military zone on the border with Syria.

Disciplinary proceedings have been initiated against a Turkish noncommissioned officer who was kidnapped by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants in January, for ?harming the reputation of the state and the army,? daily Milliyet has reported.

Despite the ban on using weapons during celebrations, many people used guns on Dec. 7 to commemorate the end of the occupation of Kilis, in southeastern Turkey, during the First World War.

I am often asked about the housing prices in Turkey lately. My questioners often want to confirm their sense that the housing bubble is going to burst, that a year or two down the line and they’ll be able to say “I told you so.” Have a look at the table below. It shows the increase in housing prices across Turkey between January 2010 and May 2014.

The Turkish government has announced that from 2011 to 2013 it spent 209 million Turkish Liras, or nearly $100 million, on health treatments for Syrians who have fled to Turkey from the civil war in their country.

Turkey has seized over 6.7-million Turkish Liras’ worth of smuggled fuel at the Syrian border over a 45-day period, the customs minister has announced.

The announcement comes as the government is intensifying efforts to battle against fuel being smuggled from Syria, while seeking to soothe concerns over what has become an increasing threat to the energy market.