Dereiçi

Within the scope of new projects, Mardin's historic Dereiçi neighborhood, which is considered one of Turkey's symbolic places depicting multicultural life where many TV dramas and films have been shot, will be brought to serve tourism.

Residents in the Dereiçi village in the northeastern province of Artvin, ravaged by a massive fire on March 13, have begged philanthropists to stop sending aids, saying that "the boxes have overflowed the village; send no more."

"After the fire, we required help, but now, we are at a point of disbursement of aid," locals told the Demirören News Agency on March 30.

Turkey will rebuild 60 houses burned in a fire in northeastern Artvin province, the environment and urbanization minister said on March 18. 

A fire broke out in a village in the northeastern province of Artvin, damaging at least 60 houses and killing 35 livestock, the local governor's office said on March 17.

In a statement, the Artvin Governor's Office said the fire erupted in the Dereiçi village of Yusufeli district.