Yeni Şafak - Eskisehir

Meet Turkey's only female aerobatic pilot as she shatters glass ceilings

Fri, 07 May 2021 12:46:18 GMT+3

Turkey's only female aerobatic pilot Semin Ozturk Sener, 30, poses as her 8-month-old son, Pars, is seated in his little toy plane in Eskisehir, Turkey, on May 6, 2021.

Adorable baby animals of Eskişehir Zoo

Fri, 05 Jan 2018 09:57:00 GMT+3

Cameroon sheep and lambs are seen at Eskişehir Zoo in Eskişehir, Turkey on January 04, 2018. A total of 70 babies were born from 15 different species at Eskişehir zoo in 2017. Animals here are fed following special diets depending on the season. According to the authorities, 30 spur-thighed tortoises, 7 Cameroon sheep, 5 wallabies, 4 chinchillas, 4 ostriches, 3 meerkats, 3 deers, 2 gazelles, 2 ring-tailed lemurs, 2 Grivet monkeys, 2 capybaras, 2 kinkajous, 2 blue amp; yellow Macaw parrotts, 1 Guineafowl and 1 antilope were born in 2017.

Young Turkish artist creates metal sculptures

Fri, 17 Nov 2017 10:38:00 GMT+3

Cem Özkan, a young artist from Turkey, is a junior at Anadolu University Faculty of Fine Arts' sculpture department in Turkey's Eskişehir. He creates his sculptures from metal that he finds at scrap yards. He sculpts different kinds of ships, warriors, astronaut and horse figures.

Photos of eastern Turkey paralyzed by snow

Wed, 01 Feb 2017 15:01:00 GMT+3

Heavy snowfall and sub-zero temperatures have paralyzed life in many provinces the of eastern Turkey. As many as 1,500 roads were closed due to the inclement weather as snowfall reached up to 115 centimeters in Muş province, 92 centimeters in Ağrı, 55 centimeters in Erzurum, 42 centimeters in Kars, 32 centimeters in Ardahan, 19 centimeters in Iğdır and 6 centimeters in Erzincan. Eastern Turkey is currently under the impact of a cold front, with snowfall expected to last until the end of Wednesday.

Turkey bids farewell to soldiers killed in jet crash

Fri, 06 Mar 2015 17:30:00 GMT+3

A military funeral was held on Friday, March 6, with the participation of the top military commander and the Eskişehir governor, and relatives, for the two soldiers who passed away in an F-4 military jet crash on Thursday in the central Turkish province of Konya.

The funeral, at the Combatant Air Force and Air Missile Defence Command office in Eskişehir, was attended by the Chief of the General Staff Gen. Necdet Özel, Eskişehir Governor Güngör Azim Tuna, and other military officials and the relatives of the martyrs.

The two pilots, Staff Captain Pilot Mustafa Tanış and Staff Captain Pilot Mustafa Delikanlı, were killed after an F-4 military aircraft of the Turkish Air Force crashed in Konya during a training exercise.

In the ceremony, the 1st Main Jet Base Commander Brigadier General Kemal Akpınar said in his speech: “Today we are here to bid farewell to our two brave brothers, who laid down their lives during their duty for the preparation of a war to keep the country’s sky safe for the friends and fare for the enemies, on their last journey. I pray for God's mercy on our brothers, who received the highest rank, martyr, express my condolence to their families and relatives and great patience to the co-fighters.”

The deceased soldiers will be laid to rest in their hometowns, after prayers have been conducted by Eshişehir’s Mufti Niyazi Ersoy. Pilot Tanış will be buried in Ankara and Pilot Delikanlı in Istanbul.