Southeastern Anatolia Region

A Turkish soldier was killed during a clash with PKK militants in southeastern Şırnak province on May 6, the country's Defense Ministry said in a statement.         

Two Turkish soldiers were killed during a clash with the PKK in southeastern Şırnak province on May 5, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.     

Göbeklitepe, the prehistoric site situated 15 kilometers away from the city of Şanlıurfa in southeastern Turkey represents a reset in terms of our knowledge about civilization, according to an expert. It is more evidence that Anatolia's contribution to the rise of civilization is much greater than we thought, said Nezih Başgelen.

Turkey's defense minister and chief of general staff on March 30 inaugurated a center in southeastern Şanlıurfa province that would manage possible military operation against terrorists east of the Euphrates River in Syria.         

A 65 million-year-old huge snail fossil, used as a brick on the wall of a house in the southeastern province of Adıyaman, has been removed and taken to a museum. 

Historical houses in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa will turn into boutique hotels in a bid to host the high number of tourists expected to come throughout the year to the ancient site of Göbeklitepe. 

The fact that the archaeological excavations will continue throughout the year on the Harran ruins will contribute to the ancient site's inclusion in the permanent list of UNESCO World Heritage sites.

A 65-million-year-old giant snail is the highlight of a new exhibition in the eastern Turkish province of Adıyaman. 

Archeologists have discovered a medieval earthenware bottle containing medicine in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa's archaeological site of Harran. 

Lying on thousands of years of history in Mesopotamia, Turkey's bewildering, yet beautiful, southeast is finally set to experience its golden year in tourism in 2019 as it will mark the "Year of Göbeklitepe," the site of the world's earliest temple in the Şanlıurfa province.