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Ankara becomes 2026 Turkic World Tourism Capital as official logo and yearlong events roll out

Turkic World Tourism Capital

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Ankara’s 2026 Turkic World Tourism Capital year begins with a new logo, packed events, global campaigns, and city-to-city cultural links

How Hollywood turned archaeologists into adventurers, treasure hunters

cinema and archaeology

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Cinema made archaeologists heroes and treasure hunters. Behind the whip and fedora lies a deeper story of myth, science, and public imagination

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7-minute Louvre heist revives world’s biggest museum robberies

Museums

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7-minute Louvre theft reignites the art world’s biggest heist stories, from Dresden’s diamonds to Boston’s Gardner robbery and the 1911 Mona Lisa saga

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Burned house from 4,500 years ago, 2,300-year-old fort emerge in Türkiye's Denizli

Archaeology

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Asagiseyit Hoyuk yields a 4,500-year-old burned house with rich finds and a 2,300-year-old Hellenistic fort, revealing daily life and frontier security in Türkiye

Burned house from 4,500 years ago, 2,300-year-old fort emerge in Türkiye's Denizli Image

Award-winning Istanbul Photo Awards 2025 exhibition opens in New York Image

Culture

Award-winning Istanbul Photo Awards 2025 exhibition opens in New York

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Ancient Hittite tablets found in Türkiye reveal insights into Bronze Age Anatolia Image

Culture

Ancient Hittite tablets found in Türkiye reveal insights into Bronze Age Anatolia

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The Sultan’s Salon: Silken noose—execution of Sultan Ibrahim I Image

Culture

The Sultan’s Salon: Silken noose—execution of Sultan Ibrahim I

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Subterranean tunnels in Bet She’an Valley uncover Mamluk-era sugar industry later used by Ottomans Image

Culture

Subterranean tunnels in Bet She’an Valley uncover Mamluk-era sugar industry later used by Ottomans

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Did Hittite prayers blame Egypt for a non-existent plague? New evidence says so Image

Culture

Did Hittite prayers blame Egypt for a non-existent plague? New evidence says so

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Ritual landscape in Jordan shows how early societies rebuilt after crisis Image

Culture

Ritual landscape in Jordan shows how early societies rebuilt after crisis

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3D-printed parts help restore 7.7M-year-old fossils in Türkiye for new museum display Image

Culture

3D-printed parts help restore 7.7M-year-old fossils in Türkiye for new museum display

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Basilica at Iznik Lake prepped ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s visit Image

Culture

Basilica at Iznik Lake prepped ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s visit

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Thousands turn Pennsylvania Avenue into slice of Türkiye in Washington DC Image

Culture

Thousands turn Pennsylvania Avenue into slice of Türkiye in Washington DC

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5th-century Greek inscribed mosaic discovered at Urfa Castle Image

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5th-century Greek inscribed mosaic discovered at Urfa Castle

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