Rize

A local court suspended on July 13 the execution of a controversial road project to connect upland villages of eight Black Sea provinces in Turkey, after protests against the plans from locals and environmentalists.

Turkish gendarmerie forces have retreated from a road construction area in the Black Sea province of Rize after locals organized a sit-in to hinder the controversial project.

Turkish gendarmerie forces have intervened in a sit-in being held by a group of locals to hinder the construction of a road project in an upland area of the Black Sea province of Rize, with an elderly local woman standing out by saying the road should not be built as the citizens, who constitute the state, did not want it. 

Heavy snowfall and harsh winter weather conditions are continuing to adversely affect Turkey, with more heavy snowfall leading to the closure of many roads across the eastern provinces of Rize and Erzurum on April 12.

In the eastern part of the Black Sea region, roads and highways were closed due to heavy snow.

Two suspects were detained early April 7 over an armed attack on Fenerbahçe?s team bus, Trabzon?s governor has announced.

Trabzon Gov. Abdil Celil Öz said the suspects, N.S. and E.A., were apprehended in the Sürmene district of Trabzon.

Political polarization has escalated in Turkey as the country is heading for a critical parliamentary elections on June 7.

Be?ikta? reclaimed the top seat in the Super Toto Super League Feb. 8 after four weeks, in a season which has already turned into a Sisyphus effort, only one day after rival Fenerbahçe failed to find the net at home against Black Sea giants Trabzonspor.

The Turkish authorities are planning to name a major new bridge across the Euphrates River in the southeast of the country after President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, daily Hürriyet?s columnist Vahap Munyar reported on Feb. 6.

Birdwatchers wanting to photograph the glaucous gull have been flocking to the Black Sea province of Rize, as the species has not been seen in Turkey for 140 years.

Photographer Murat Saltık, who spotted the reappearance of the glaucous gull, said he had been birdwatching for years without noticing its difference with the other species.

Despite the government’s solemn promises, labor accidents continue to claim lives in Turkey, with one worker killed and three others injured after a portion of a tunnel under construction in the Black Sea province of Rize collapsed late on Nov. 12.