• Turkey to offer direct incentives for R&D operations

    Turkey’s volume of direct incentives for research and development projects will be 1.5 billion Turkish lira ($0.57 billion) in 2015, Turkey's Science, Industry and Technology Minister Fikri Isik said Wednesday.In a speech during the inauguration ceremony of Germany-based MAN’s new bus production plant in Ankara, Isik said the aim is to transform Turkey into a production and R&D hub. Link

  • 25 Mar, 2015

  • Spray paint on ancient rocks elicits reaction

    A group of travelers who spray-painted their names on rocks in the vicinity of 8,000-year-old paintings on Beşparmak (Latmos) mountain near Lake Bafa have aroused anger from archaeologists and historians over the damage to the ancient site. Link

  • 24 Mar, 2015

  • Turkey, EU agree to renegotiate Customs Union after 20 years

    Turkey's Economy Minister Zeybekci said that the shape of a new Customs Union Agreement, including a solution to "the systematic problems" and a formula to include Turkey in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, will be ready in first half of 2016. Link

  • 20 Mar, 2015

  • Traces of ancient civilization to be searched in Adıyaman

    Excavation activities at the archaeological site in the ancient city of Perge, which was one of the centers of the Kommagene civilization, will soon commence with the aim of opening up the site for tourism. Excavations will begin soon in the ancient city, located in the southeastern province of Adıyaman, five kilometers away from the city center. It is home to some 200 stone tombs as well as a still-functional fountain.  Link

  • 20 Mar, 2015

  • Turkish museum director accused of having ‘ISIL mentality’

    Three 2,500-year-old tombs from the Hellenistic period that were unearthed five years ago in Bodrum have been covered over again and the area has been opened to traffic, despite the Bodrum Municipality’s project to protect the tombs. Özay Kartal, an adviser to Bodrum Mayor Mehmet Kocadon, has harshly criticized the situation in a statement, saying it represents “ISIL mentality in Bodrum.” Link

  • 17 Mar, 2015

  • US returns Iraq treasures as ISIL threatens heritage

    As Iraq struggles to protect its ancient sites and heritage from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the United States returned some 60 historical items to the country on March 16, many dating to thousands of years ago. Link1 Link2

  • 17 Mar, 2015

  • Ankara’s first ever private archaeology arts museum and opens

    The Turkish capital’s first-ever archaeology and arts museum, the Erimtan Archaeology and Arts Museum, has just opened, hosting an impressive collection of objects dating back to the Bronze Age of 3000 BC, the Hittite era, the late Roman period, and the Byzantine Empire. The museum is based around a collection of archaeological artifacts acquired by collector Yüksel Erimtan over the years. Link

  • 17 Mar, 2015

  • Paleolithic people’s tools found in western Turkey

    Archeological studies in the western province of Denizli’s Honaz district have unearthed tools from the Paleolithic age. The tools were found in the same area where a 1.2 million-year-old skull fossil, called “Denizli man,” was found in 2002. Link

  • 16 Mar, 2015

  • Ankara hosts first int’l contemporary art fair

    The Turkish capital is currently hosting its first-ever international contemporary art fair at the ATO Congresium International Convention and Exhibition Center, presenting work by 200 artists from Turkey and abroad. Link

  • 13 Mar, 2015