• 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

  • Work begins in massive underground city in central Anatolia

    A massive underground city, which was discovered last year in the central Anatolian province of Nevşehir and was the year’s biggest archaeological discovery, is being cleaned with a geo-radar machine. Work has begun around the Nevşehir Fortress, carried out by the Nevşehir Municipality in collaboration with Turkey’s Housing Development Administration (TOKİ), the Governor’s Office and the Culture and Tourism Ministry. Link

  • 12 Mar, 2015

  • Ataturk’s will is not missing: archives official

    The original will of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk -- the founder of modern Turkey -- is not missing and is in fact safe in the archives of Turkey’s General Directorate of State Archives, a senior official told The Anadolu Agency.Moreover, there is no mention of the Ataturk Forestry Farm where the new presidential palace has been built in Ankara in the will, General Director of State Archives Ugur Unal said. Link

  • 12 Mar, 2015

  • Former head of Allianoi not given permission for dig

    Turkish officials have refused to give permission to Professor Ahmet Yaraş, the former of head of the Allianoi excavations, to conduct a dig at an archaeological site of Güre in Balıkesir’s Edremit district.The hot spring site is reportedly being used as a garbage dump at the moment because officials have refused for three years to grant Yavaş permission to conduct the dig after he ran afoul of politicians in agitating to protect Allianoi. Link

  • 11 Mar, 2015

  • Museum houses taking off in Istanbul

    Istanbul is rich in terms of museums, but only now are the families of deceased artists beginning to open museum houses to create a bridge between the public and their literary and artistic heroes. Link

  • 10 Mar, 2015

  • Bodrum excavations reveal rich history

    Excavations carried out over the last six months in the western province of Muğla’s Bodrum district unearthed rock tombs from various eras, a historic figurine on a rock and artifacts from the early Bronze Age. Link

  • 09 Mar, 2015

  • UNESCO condemns destruction of ancient Iraqi city of Hatra

    The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has condemned the destruction of the ancient Iraqi city of Hatra by Daesh militants.UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova and Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri, director general of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), made a joint statement on Saturday. Link1 Link2

  • 08 Mar, 2015

  • Selçuk hopes to lure tourists with historic churches

    The town of Selçuk, in the western Turkish province of İzmir, which hosts around 2.5 million tourists visiting the nearby ancient site of Ephesus every year, is hoping to improve its faith tourism potential and draw more tourists. Link

  • 05 Mar, 2015