Kırıkkale

The Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) has officially unveiled an additional 55 mayoral candidates to compete in eight provinces and 47 districts for the upcoming local elections on March 31.

This latest announcement on Jan. 11 brings the total number of MHP candidates to 110.

A painter living in the Central Anatolian province of Kırıkkale draws paintings of heartbreaking moments from the Kahramanmaraş-centered quakes and displays them on her wall, dedicating them to quake survivor children.

Şengül Otman, a 43-year-old painter living in Kırıkkale, paints historical structures and cultural assets in many provinces of the country with watercolor.

Nearly 700 Turkish nationals were repatriated on May 16 from the United States and Kyrgyzstan as part of an initiative by Ankara over the coronavirus pandemic.

An exclusive Turkish Airlines flight with 354 Turks from the U.S. landed in the Black Sea province of Ordu. Separately, 330 Turks were evacuated from Kyrgyzstan and landed in metropolis Istanbul.

Turkish refinery company Tüpraş has revised its 2020 expectations amid the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on oil demand and prices.

A 16-year-old boy in the Central Anatolian province of Kırıkkale has killed his elder brother amid a fight for the television remote control.

A 53-year-old retired man living in the central Kırıkkale province took 10 lambs under his protection when their mothers were unable to feed them, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on March 5. 

Some eight people were killed and another 34 were injured early on May 27 when a passenger bus overturned in the Kalecik district of Ankara, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

The bus driven by Sedat Gürer overturned in the Çankırı-Çandır junction while it was heading to Ankara from Kastamonu.

A number of ambulances were immediately dispatched to the scene.

As we all digest the results of Turkey's April 16 referendum approving a shift to an executive presidential system, let's take a look at Central Anatolia, one of the strongholds of nationalist and conservative sentiment.

The governor of the Central Anatolian province of Kırıkkale sent his official car to the house of a sixth-grade student after the latter asked for a car because his normal service bus was not available amid the heavy snow.