Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erhan Bıçakçı, a faculty member at the Department of Prehistoric Archaeology of the Faculty of Letters of Istanbul University, died of a heart attack.

A Neolithic-era temple with three mostly-intact steles unearthed at archaeologic excavations in southeastern Turkey’s Mardin province.

A 158-member team is carrying out excavation efforts in Solhan, a district of Bingol province, which is expected to be submerged after a nearby dam.