Pontus

Two Canadian Senators are campaigning for the recognition of the Pontian Greek Genocide in the Canadian Senate.

A festival is set to be organized to promote the ancient city of Sebastapolis and to bring more tourists to the district. 

Excavations work started in 1995 in the ancient city, located in the Central Anatolian province of Tokat's Sulusaray district.

After a 22-year hiatus, the works began again three years ago. 

The last amphitheater of the northern Anatolian region will be unearthed in an excavation in Turkey's province of Tokat. The amphitheater is located just east of the historic castle of Zile, a city with a long Roman history and battle that prompted Roman Emperor Julius Caesar's famous phrase, "veni, vidi, vici" (I came, I saw, I conquered). 

A miner died and two others were injured after a coal pit collapsed due to a flood in the Suluova district of the Black Sea province of Amasya late on June 8.

Events are taking place throughout Greece on Tuesday to mark the Pontic Genocide of 1914-1923, when Ottoman and then nationalist Turkish forces slaughtered upwards of 368,000 Christian Pontians in what is modern-day Turkey’s northeast, particularly along the Black Sea coast.

Police have begun to stand guard to protect a much-debated statue of an Ottoman prince taking a selfie with a smart phone in a historic Turkish town.

The bizarre steel statue was erected by the municipality in the Black Sea province of Amasya on May 9. Although it was criticized by some as a tasteless anachronism, it has attracted scores of tourists.

A bizarre steel statue showing an Ottoman prince taking a selfie with a smart phone while grasping his sword with the other hand has raised eyebrows in a historic Turkish town.

The municipality in the Black Sea province of Amasya erected the unconventional statue on the shore of the town's Ye?il?rmak River on May 9, Do?an News Agency reported.

The ancient city of Sebastapolis will have a chance to come to light after local authorities ordered the transfer of the entire district of Sulusary, which was built on top of the site The northern province of Tokat's Sulusaray district, a settlement of 3,500 people located on top of the ancient city of Sebastapolis, is set to be moved to another location so that the site can come to lig

A museum is under construction on the castle of Zile, known for Roman Emperor Julius Caesar?s famous phrase ?veni, vidi, vici? (I came, I saw, I conquered) to the Roman senate. A stone building, which was established on the land on the right side of the historic castle in the northern province of Tokat, is set to open as a museum when the refurbishments are complete.

Dilim Kayalar, which was formed with the corrosion of rocks in the northern province of Tokat, resembles the famous fairy chimneys in the Cappadocia region. The area needs more attention for promotion.