Yenikapı
Istanbul metro line experiences technical difficulties, causes delays
Transportation on the Yenikapı-Hacıosman metro line in Istanbul’s European side is experiencing delays due to technical difficulties, Doğan News Agency reported on Jan. 30.
Lab studies Conducted to determine ancient relatives
A team at the Düzce University Archaeology Department has been working on the skeletons found in Istanbul’s Yenikapı, Pendik, Sirkeci and Beşiktaş excavations to find out whether they were related
Sunken Bosphorus ship on display in Istanbul Museum
The replica of Yenikapı 12, a sunken ship unearthed during subway excavations in Istanbul, is currently on display at the Istanbul Archaeology Museums. Next year, however, it will be sent to Marseilles for a symposium
Six square kilometers of Istanbul's land reclaimed from the sea
Six square kilometers of land have been gained from Istanbul coasts and opened for urban use by filling up the sea. With the acceleration of such infrastructure work at the start of the millennium, professionals are warning about risks.
New Istanbul Metro station to open in Beşiktaş after excavations are completed
Subway construction in the Istanbul district of Beşiktaş will start if archaeological excavations in the area are completed by the end of the year, Mayor Kadir Topbaş said on Aug. 29.
Topbaş was speaking during a visit to the site of archaeological excavations near the planned site of the Beşiktaş station on the Kabataş-Beşiktaş-Mecidiyeköy-Mahmutbey subway line.
Subway construction excavations fill gap in Istanbul's history
Ruins believed to be dating back to 6,000 years from the Neolithic age have been unearthed during a subway line construction in Istanbul's Beşiktaş district.
Carried out by the Istanbul Archeology Museums, the excavations reveal buried slices of life in Istanbul, a first in the strait, according to officials.
65 people killed, 489 wounded in traffic accidents across Turkey during three-day Eid al-Fitr
Some 65 people were killed and 489 were injured across Turkey during three-daily Eid al-Fitr holiday, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on June 27.
Extension of Byzantine-era harbor discovered
Construction of a road in Istanbul's Yenikap? area has unearthed an extension of the Byzantine-era Theodosius harbor. An L-shaped structure might have been the breakwater of the harbor, scholars sayAn extension of the Theodosius Harbor has been discovered during the construction of a linking road at Yenikap?
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Ancient Yenikap? 12 wreck to 'return to life'
Ancient ship wreckage that has been found during archaeological excavations carried out as part of the Marmaray and subway constructions in Istanbul will return to sail the seas next year in replica form The "Yenikap?
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Ancient shipwrecks found in Istanbul's Yenikap? shed light on ancient ship production
Thirty-seven shipwrecks discovered underwater during the Marmaray subway construction in Istanbul's Yenikap? shed light on ship production technology in ancient erasAn inventory of the types of wood used in the production of 37 sunken ships discovered in Istanbul's Yenikap?