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The ancient city of Ephesus, three kilometers southwest of the present-day town of Selçuk in the western province of İzmir, is set to once again have a harbor on the Aegean coast, according to an ambitious new project.

A top Turkish ruling party official was banned on March 17 from addressing Turkish expat community in the northern German state of Lower Saxony, in a move that is likely to further increase tensions between Germany and Turkey. 

An executive editor of private broadcaster Channel 5 fainted during a live broadcast on state-run TRT News on March 7.

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lawmaker Mehdi Eker was one of the guests and can be seen to be one of the first people to help Abdulkadir Ünal.

Ünal was taken to hospital immediately while the broadcast was paused for breaks. 

A sergeant and a specialized sergeant were killed while four others were wounded as militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) detonated a homemade bomb in the Bahçelievler neighborhood of the southeastern province of ??rnak on April 19.

An animal skeleton has been found in the storage room of a mosque in the eastern province of Van's Edremit district. 

Officials found the animal skeleton while emptying the storage of the old mosque, which was used for wood and coal storage, while moving to a recently built mosque in the district.  

The Turkish General Staff Prosecutor's Office ruled out in a press statement on Feb. 18 recent claims that evidence related to the Uludere (Roboski) killings was spoiled, referring to the December 2011 military air strike in which 34 civilians were killings.

Families of the victims of 2011 Uludere (Roboski) air strike massacre have demanded that retired Col. Aygün Eker provide testimony in the case after the soldier said he had warned his superiors that the targets were civilians, not outlawed Kurdistan Workers? Party (PKK) members.

The disaster that hit a mine in the Turkish province of Karaman, where 18 workers remain trapped underground, could have been prevented if the company had taken the necessary measures after repeated warnings, according to an inspector who directed the most recent inspection at the mine.