Turkey renovating Georgian church

Authorities are renovating the Ishkhani Georgian church in northeastern Turkey in a bid to boost tourism numbers in the Black Sea province, the Artvin provincial head of culture has said.

Hittite site to be turned into 'tourist attraction '

Turkey’s well-known ancient site of Alacahöyük, which currently draws around 50,000 visitors a year, in the Central Anatolian province of Çorum, is set to be given new facilities reflecting traces of the Hittite civilization.

The Gate to Hell … Discovered

By Hrag Vartanian

Welcome to the gates of hell! Or at least the ancient world’s version of it. Pluto’s Gate — Ploutonion in Greek, Plutonium in Latin — has recently been discovered and the digital rendering of it gives the site the mystique of a classical world video game.

Mythical ‘Gate to Hell’ Uncovered in Turkey

(NEW YORK) -- Archaeologists reportedly have uncovered the cave believed to be Pluto’s Gate -- the mythological portal to hell -- in the ancient city of Hierapolis in southern Turkey.

Turkey wages 'cultural war' in pursuit of its archaeological treasures

Constanze Letsch in Istanbul and Kate Connolly in Berlin
guardian.co.uk, Monday 21 January 2013 19.16 GMT

Ankara accused of blackmailing museums into returning artefacts while allowing excavation sites to be destroyed.

Loom weights reveal existence of weaving since 2,500 years ago

ÇANAKKALE - Anatolia News Agency

Loom weights dating back 2,500 years that were found in the ancient Assoss show the textile industry has existed in the region since ancient times 

Sifting the Dust for Treasures While Trouble Swirls

The Great Staircase, part of the archaeological dig at Karkemish, an ancient city on the banks of the  Euphrates and on the border between Syria and Turkey.

Ancient Stratonikeia eyes UNESCO list

The world’s largest marble city, the ancient Greek city of Stratonikeia in what is today Turkey's western province of Muğla’s Yatağan district, is expected to be included on the temporary list of UNESCO world heritage sites.