The Chamber of Architects has applied to the authorities for the halt of the construction.

"The oldest generation is monolingual and this language is the Zaza language. The middle-aged generation, who learned the second language mainly at school, are bilingual. The younger generation are again monolingual but this language is Turkish," says Dr. Güntaş-Aldatmaz.

Located in Ahmetli district in Manisa province, the Lydian Tumuli of Bin Tepe, which are also on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List, have been damaged by treasure hunters. The tumuli were considered to be “the pyramids of Anatolia.”

The Ata Ice Museum in eastern Turkey is the country's only ice museum.

Adapted from the book of Jerzy Kosiński, “The Painted Bird” of Václav Marhoul has been named the best foreign film of 2020 by the Film Critics Association (SİYAD).

Born 119 years ago today, Nazım Hikmet spent most of his life behind bars or in exile.

The Göbeklitepe Archeological Site Museum, a more than 10,000-year-old settlement, has been the most popular virtual museum, says the ministry.

The 59-year-old Rexx Cinema had to shut its doors in March, after the pandemic started.

Eight Kurdish songs from Radio Yerevan, which has an archive of hundreds of Kurdish songs, have been interpreted anew in classical music and shared on digital platforms as part of a project entitled “Dîsa” (Anew).

Turkey's statistical authority has released the "cultural economy" data for the last year.

İstanbul has become the eighth stop of Beyond Walls Project of artist Saype from France to shed light on the common bonds shared by humanity: "The walls in our minds are fictive partitions."

Archeologists in southern Turkey have found a kitchen with utensils and a "woman's room" with a mirror and ornaments.