Organizers of Turkey's annual Lake Van International Film Festival announced that they “have to push back the fourth edition of the event,” which was set to open on Sept. 1, to a later date due to a recent surge in deadly terrorist attacks in the region. Link

An “accessible open area” is to be developed at the ancient site of Troy, located within the borders of the Tevfikiye village in Turkey’s northwestern province of Çanakkale. The current head of ongoing excavations at Troy, Professor Rüstem Aslan, held a press conference at the ancient site in which he said wooden tracks would be established for people to visit the ancient city without touching or damaging anything. Link

A marble block, considered the “water law” from 1,900 years ago, has been unearthed in the ancient city of Laodicea in the western province of Denizli.The block, which is 90 centimeters in length and 116 centimeters in width, has revealed the use of water in the city had been managed by law, which involved a penalty ranging from 5,000 to 12,500 denarius. Link

Turkey's SAHA foundation, established by a group of art lovers to support the country's contemporary art movements, has recently announced its new list of non-profit art initiatives that received the group's Grant for the Sustainability of Independent Art Initiatives 2015-16. Link

Excavations in the ancient city of Kibyra in the southern province of Burdur’s Gölhisar district have unearthed a 1,800-year-old bath. The bath is said to be from the Roman era and is 5,400 square meters. Link

Amid excavations at four different ancient sites in the Central Anatolian province of Yozgat, a cuneiform tablet has been unearthed in the Uşaklı Mound at the Büyük Taşlık village. Thought to date back to around 2,000 B.C., the cuneiform tablet in the Sorgun district of Yozgat shows symbols of Ishtar, known as the Hittite goddess of love, war, fertility and sexuality, more clearly than those on any other unearthed tablets. Link

The ancient theater of Aspendos, which was closed to art events in 2008 to prevent damage, was recently reopened after a restoration process. Aspendos Theater will host four events in September and October. But civil engineers are worried about a sound system that may damage the theater. Link

This year’s excavations at the ancient city of Stratonikeia, which is located in the western province of Muğla’s Yatağan district and on UNESCO’s tentative World Heritage Site list, have unearthed many Byzantine-era tombs. The ancient city is considered one of the world’s largest marble cities. Link

While cash-strapped Greeks forgo the cinema and other luxuries, theater ticket sales are booming even if theaters struggle to cover their costs and actors often go unpaid Link

Excavations have unearthed a 1,250-year-old bath, toilet and large sewer system at the ancient site of Harran, considered one of the world’s oldest settlements, in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa. The ancient site had been a continuous settlement from 6,000 B.C. and was the capital city of the Assyrians and the Umayyads during some eras. Link