Mersin

The first unit of Turkey's first nuclear power plant will be taken online in 2023 in accordance with the initial planning, Dmitriy Romanets, the deputy director of construction works at the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), told Demirören News Agency.

Baby baboon "Nisan," who is just a month old, has been taken under protection in southern Mersin province's Tarsus Nature Park. (AA Photo)

Cennet and Cehennem (Heaven and Hell) sinkholes in Turkey's southern province of Mersin aim for 500,000 tourists each year as the improvement works at the caves have been completed.

A 14-meter-long fin whale, which has washed up on the shore of the southern province of Mersin, was moved on to the shore after a four-hour operation on May 13.

The dead body of the whale was transferred to Mersin University. Its skeleton will be exhibited in the city's Sea Museum.

More than 8.91 million people visited Turkish museums and archaeological sites in 2020, despite the negative effects of the coronavirus outbreak.

The sites have an important role in the context of protecting cultural heritage, transferring it to future generations and generating a collective memory.

With preparation ongoing to commission the first reactor for the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in southern Mersin province in 2023, Turkish engineers, who received their training in Russia for more than six years, have started to work at the power plant.

While 35 graduates out of 50 Turkish engineers started their duties, 43 more graduates are expected to be employed this year.

The remains of an ancient port in Turkey's southern province of Mersin's Mezitli district have come to light due to the receding water levels resulting from a low tide.

Some portions of the port, which is part of the ancient city of Soli Pompeipolis, could be seen as the water levels decreased.

Innovation centers and model factories have been established in Turkey's three provinces, running successfully to support the entrepreneurship and innovation culture and promote structural transformation in the manufacturing industry.

A controlled blast at the construction site of Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in Turkey's southern province of Mersin has created a political stir and unrest in the country as many residential areas around the site were affected by the blast.

Excavation teams have reached the inner walls of a memorial tomb of the ancient Greek didactic poet Aratus in the Mediterranean province of Mersin's Mezitli district.

The archaeologists, led by academic Remzi Yağcı from Dokuz Eylül University, have been carrying out excavations to unearth the memorial tomb of the Hellenic-era astronomer and poet in what was then called Soli.