Ottoman architecture

Where does Turkey's history of modern museums start? If we exempt the works sold from the Ottoman palaces, it can be said that the Hagia İrene Church within Istanbul's Topkapı Palace was the first place where it started.

Classic collections did exist previously. Starting from 1846, instructions were issued to look for historic works. Some archeologists were given licenses.

Heavily armed special forces evacuated a block of flats in the German city of Kemnitz on Saturday.

People in the remaining buildings of the neighbourhood were asked to remain in their homes. The police announced that there was a signal for a planned bomb attack.

The grave of the Ottoman Armenian Balyan family in Istanbul's Bağlarbaşı district, on the Asian side of the city, was recently rebuilt as a mausoleum. The Balyan family, who left their marks in many 19th century works of architecture certainly deserve such a mausoleum. 

Turkish Culture Minister Nabi Avcı visited Istanbul's historical Topkapı Palace on Oct. 3 after news reports that the popular Ottoman-era tourist site is riddled with dangerous cracks in its treasury room. 

The cessation of hostilities in Syria largely held on Sept. 16 despite minor clashes both in Aleppo and Damascus and a duel of words between Russia and the U.S., the two countries that support the silence of arms.

Excavations in the northwestern province of Edirne have unearthed a waterway that the famous Ottoman architect Sinan constructed to ensure access to clean water for the former imperial capital.

Clean water that came to an inn near one of the architect's masterpieces, Selimiye Mosque, was distributed to other mosques and neighborhoods through a water tank in the square.  

The number of visitors to Turkey's museums fell by almost half in the first three months of this year, while the number of foreign visitors also dropped by 60 percent. 

The sharp decline is thought to have been caused by a number of terrorist attacks hitting Turkish cities, which has led to a big drop in the overall number of tourists visiting Turkey.

Iconic landmarks across Turkey, including the ancient city of Ephesus, Selimiye Mosque in the northwestern province of Edirne and Cappadocia's famous "Fairy Chimneys," will switch off their lights for the first time to support "Earth Hour."

A car bomb struck a market in the north of the Syrian capital Damascus on Feb. 9, resulting in deaths and injuries, state television reported.

A convoy carrying desperately needed food and medicine headed to the hunger-stricken Syrian town of Madaya on Jan. 14, the second delivery of aid this week after months of government siege.