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A Street, approximately 300 metres long, linking the ancient theatre to the acropolis, has been uncovered during ongoing excavations in Aspendos.

Extensive ground improvement, structural reinforcement and restoration work is continuing at the Haydarpaşa Station building.

SELİMİYE, the third book by Stoneline Publications—Turkey’s first publishing house to focus on natural stone—written by Prof. Dr Reha Günay, has been published.

The first phase of maintenance and security work at Sümela Monastery has been completed, and it has reopened to visitors.

The TINA Turkey Underwater Archaeology Foundation organised the International Mustafa V. Koç Underwater Archaeology Symposium on 18–19 June to honour the memory of the foundation’s honorary member, Mustafa V. Koç.

The Granikos Battlefield, located in the Biga district of Çanakkale—where Alexander the Great secured his first major victory against the Persians and paved the way for his campaign into Asia—has been registered as a ‘historic site’.

Published by STONELINE Publications, Turkey’s first publishing house specialising in natural stone, the ‘Natural Stone Guide for Architects’ serves as a reference guide for those who require basic information on selecting natural stone for use in buildings.

The main avenue leading to the eastern gate—one of the two main entrance gates to the ancient city of Side—and the surrounding streets have been uncovered.

Located on the Sarayburnu shore of Topkapı Palace, next to the Sepetçiler Pavilion, and also referred to in historical sources as the ‘Cebeciler Pavilion’, the historic Yalı Pavilion is to be rebuilt by the Istanbul Governor’s Office as part of the ‘Yadigar’ project.

The concept of ‘bridges’, which forms the conceptual backbone of the Edirne Biennial—opening on 21 May and running until 28 June 2026—is rooted in the historic bridges spanning the Meriç and Tunca rivers.

As part of the restoration work being carried out at the Ancient City of Ephesus, columns, plinths and architectural blocks that have lain buried for centuries are being meticulously restored in a special area known as the ‘stone hospital’.

The Medusa Mosaic, situated at the heart of the Kibyra Odeon—which had been covered with special protective layers throughout the winter season to shield it from adverse weather conditions—has reopened to visitors.