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The surface surveys that began in September 2021 in Ankara's Kahramankazan district and carried out by Ankara University were completed last month, aiming to investigate rural Ankara during the Roman Empire and reveal classical period settlements.

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) chair and Nation Alliance's presidential candidate, paid a condolence visit on March 16 to the families of Turkish Cypriots students who lost their lives under the rubble at Adıyaman Isias Hotel after the Feb. 6 earthquakes.

Archaeologists in southern Turkey are working to turn the ancient city of Soli Pompeiopolis into an open-air museum, or an archaeopark, the head of excavations at the site has said.

"Our aim is to establish the connection between the areas we're excavating and turn this place into an archaeopark," archeologist Remzi Yağcı said at the dig site in the province of Mersin.

Archaeological excavations in the ancient city of Soli Pompeiopolis in the southern province of Mersin has focused on uncovering the mausoleum of Aratos, the famous astronomer and poet of the Hellenistic period, to lay bare all its details.

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