The ancient city of Ephesus in western Turkey has been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List following a vote in Bonn on July 5.The move came just a day after Diyarbakir’s wall and its nearby Hevsel Gardens were added to the list as well. Link1 Link2

Best known for coal, the ground beneath the southern Anatolian district of Ermenek is continuing to reveal priceless artifacts from humanity’s prehistoric era, as well as more recent ancient civilizations. Link

Turkey will soon welcome back some of the priceless treasures of Troy from countries scattered around Europe following the completion of a museum to house the artifacts in the ancient city in the country’s northwest. Located in Tevfikiye village, the Troy Museum is set to be finished by the end of next year. The ancient city receives more than 500,000 visitors every year. Link

The last amphitheater of the northern Anatolian region will be unearthed in an excavation in Turkey’s province of Tokat. The amphitheater is located just east of the historic castle of Zile, a city with a long Roman history and battle that prompted Roman Emperor Julius Caesar’s famous phrase, “veni, vidi, vici” Link

Archaeological excavations carried out for the restoration of Kuruçeşme facilities in Istanbul has unearthed many historical artifacts from the late Ottoman era. Among the findings are the remains of a bath and laundry as well as aqueducts. Link

A geo-park is set to be built in Cappadocia to display fossils that were unearthed during construction by the Housing Development Administration (TOKİ) last year in the Central Anatolian province of Nevşehir’s Gülşehir and Ürgüp districts. Link

Opramoas, a businessman who lived in the ancient city of Rhodiapolis in the southern province of Antalya’s Kumluca district in the 2nd century A.D. and was known as an important civic benefactor, has become a “honorary member” of the Antalya Industrialists and Businessmen Association (ANSİAD) upon the application of Professor Nevzat Çevik. Link

The mansion where archaeologist, painter and Turkey’s first museum pioneer Osman Hamdi Bey lived for some time in the Aegean province of Muğla’s Yatağan district is closed, drawing reaction from locals. Link

Tarihi konaklarıyla ünlü ve yılda 1 milyon turistin çekilmesi hedeflenen Safranbolu'ya diziler sayesinde Türkiye'ye ilginin arttığı Arap ülkelerinde tanıtımlar artırılacak. Link

İstanbul will be home to the country's first museum of play when the Düştepe Museum and Park is inaugurated this week in the Ataşehir district.The museum, which will open on Tuesday inside the 50,000-square-meter Mimar Sinan Park in Ataşehir, was designed by poet Sunay Akın, who is also the founder and owner of the İstanbul Toy Museum in the Göztepe neighborhood. Link