Istanbul , August 28 : An ancient city in western Turkey, discovered by smugglers of ancient artifacts at an illegal excavation six years ago and recovered with soil by officials, is now waiting to be unearthed.

According to a report by the Turkish Press, local officials asked archaeologists to dig the region in Saruhanli town of the western province of Manisa to bring to light the ancient city, which is thought to date back to around 3rd or 4th century B. C.

London, August 26 : Parts of a giant, exquisitely carved marble sculpture, depicting the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, have been found at an archaeological site in Turkey.
Marcus Aurelius reigned Rome from 161 AD until his death in 180 AD.
In addition to his deeds as emperor, he is remembered for his writings, and is considered one of the foremost Stoic philosophers.
According to a report by BBC News, fragments of his statue were unearthed at the ancient city of Sagalassos in Turkey.
So far, the statue’s head, right arm and lower legs have been discovered, high in the mountains of southern Turkey.
The partial statue was unearthed in the largest room at Sagalassos’ Roman baths.

Istanbul, August 22 : Archeologists have unearthed a mosaic and an iron furnace from the Roman period, as well as a marketplace, through excavations of the ancient city of Pompeipolis, located in the western Black Sea city of Kastamonu in Turkey.

According to Professor Latife Summerer, the head of the excavations and a lecturer at Munich University, a team of 39 people was working on the excavations and they had made their findings in a very short time.

She added they had found more artifacts that they had expected during the three-year excavations.

Istanbul  - Turkey gave permission on Thursday for US Navy ships to pass through Turkish-controlled waters to bring medical supplies to Georgia.

The permission for the US vessels to pass through the Bosporus Straits connecting the Mediterranean with the Black Sea followed several days of negotiations amid Turkish reluctance in the stand-off between Russia and the US over South Ossetia.

Controversy had previously arisen over whether the US had made a formal request for passage, under the terms of a decades-old maritime treaty.

The two US Navy ships - the "Comfort" and the "Mercy" - are carrying medical aid and are to be accompanied by one coastguard vessel.

Istanbul  - Eleven people were injured in a bomb attack on a police mini bus in the Turkish coastal city of Izmir on Thursday, two days after a suicide attack in the country left nine injured.

Istanbul - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir rejected Wednesday the possibility that the International Criminal Court (ICC) may charge him in connection with the conflict in Darfur.

"Sudan is an independent country with its own strong justice system. Our judges can decide for themselves on penalties, even for a president," said al-Bashir.

Al-Bashir was speaking on the edge of a Turkish-African summit in Istanbul. He said that Sharia law reigns in Sudan and he cannot accept any court that doesn't follow its rules.