Yeşilyurt

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Türkiye has initiated a disaster recovery project in Malatya, one of the provinces severely impacted by the devastating February earthquakes.

The "Restorative Village" project, aligned with WWF Türkiye's "green recovery" call, aims to establish earthquake-resistant homes that are "harmonious with nature."

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook southern Türkiye on Aug. 10, causing damage to buildings and wounding 23 people, Turkish officials said.

While almost none of the buildings in the southeastern province of Malatya's Bostanbaşı neighborhood collapsed in the earthquakes, the buildings that looked intact on the outside were almost completely ruined on the inside.

British historian, writer and publisher Bettany Mary Hughes has made a documentary film on Arslantepe Mound, which is on the UNESCO Cultural Heritage List in the eastern province of Malatya.

Hughes and her team came to Turkey in cooperation with the Culture and Tourism Ministry and the Turkey Tourism Promotion and Development Agency (TGA) and started shooting on April 15.

Turkey's Interior Ministry has widened the scope of an investigation into the use of service passports after reports that 43 people traveling with them have not returned from a visit to Germany last year.

A total of 43 people out of 45 sent to Germany to conduct an environmental workshop in November 2020 by the Yeşilyurt Municipality in the eastern province of Malatya have not returned, according to reports by local media.

Demand for private jets has been on the rise amid the coronavirus outbreak as people, who are stranded in foreign countries, struggle to return to Turkey.

A flight on a private jet from the U.S to Turkey costs around $150,000 while passengers need to pay around 17,000 euros for the trip from London, said Zafer Yeşilgül, the owner of a company, which provides private jet services.

An Istanbul court ordered on June 1 the release of a historian who was arrested on May 12 for "insulting" Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

An Istanbul chief public prosecutor on May 18 launched an investigation into the "Derin Tarih" (Deep History) magazine for insulting Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, demanding all its copies to be removed from shelves, Doğan News Agency has reported. 

An Istanbul chief public prosecutor filed an indictment on May 17 against two historians for "insulting" Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, seeking from 2.5 years to 7.5 years of jail time.