Selçuklu
Elegant residents of Turkey’s Tropical Butterfly Garden
Elegant butterflies, which are fed with fruits left by the officials, create colorful images in the Tropical Butterfly Garden, operated by the Selçuklu Municipality in the Central Anatolian province of Konya.
The garden is one of the largest of its kind in Europe in terms of its butterfly flight area.
Sultans' bath a surprising find atop Takkeli Mountain
A bath used by the Seljuk sultans has been uncovered in a castle on Takkeli Mountain in the Central Anatolian province of Konya, which was once the capital of the Anatolian Seljuk state and is home to 5,000-year-old walls and cisterns.
Dozens detained in anti-PKK raids across Turkey amid upsurge in violence
As many as 54 suspects have been detained across Turkey in multiple anti-terror police operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), amid an upsurge in violence against security forces.
Sultan's cannonballs unearthed in Konya
Cannonballs from the 15th century period of Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II have been unearthed during recent archaeological excavations in a castle on the Takkeli Mount of the Central Anatolian province of Konya, which was once the capital of the Anatolian Seljuk state.
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