Yeni Şafak - Mersin

Disposable surgical gown and mask production in Turkey

Sat, 18 Apr 2020 13:28:00 GMT+3

Workers, wearing face masks, produce disposable surgical gowns and masks to be used as a preventive measure against the coronavirus (COVID-19) to meet the needs of healthcare professionals who are fighting against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Mersin, Turkey on April 18, 2020.

Clowns entertain children staying at home due to coronavirus in Turkey

Sat, 04 Apr 2020 13:05:00 GMT+3

Clowns entertain children who stay home due to coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Turkey's Mersin on April 4, 2020.

Sixth Citrus Festival kicks off in Turkey’s Mersin

Sat, 17 Nov 2018 14:56:00 GMT+3

The 6th annual Mersin Citrus Festival kicked on Saturday in Turkey's southern province of Mersin with the participation of foreign artistic groups from Russia, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Georgia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Tatarstan, Moldova and India. The festival will be held between November 17th and 28th.

Art of traditional Ottoman bow craftwork in Turkey

Sat, 03 Feb 2018 10:41:00 GMT+3

Hasan Arslan, a Turkish bow maker crafts meticulously-made traditional Ottoman bows in his atelier in the Mersin city of Tarsus. Citing rising demand overseas, Arslan now exports his beautiful wooden artifacts.

Famous artworks come to life on buildings in Turkey's Mersin

Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:53:00 GMT+3

Artworks were drawn on the walls of a buildings in Turkey's southern province Mersin by painter Nazife Bilgin Hazar. The paintings of renowned artists like Vincent Van Gogh, Osman Hamdi Bey, Pablo Picasso or Salvador Dali were drawn on the walls of buildings at a boulevard, as a part of a project initiated by Mersin's Toroslar Municipality.

Turkey's coastal city of Mersin flooded by torrential rain

Thu, 29 Dec 2016 15:05:00 GMT+3

Torrential rain has inundated parts of Mersin, a city on the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey.

Turkish minister points to death sentence over young woman’s killing

Mon, 16 Feb 2015 09:44:00 GMT+3

Turkey’s Family and Social Policies Minister Aysenur Islam said on Sunday death sentence can be an option for the murderers of a 20-year-old female university student in the southern province of Mersin.

Ozgecan Aslan, 20, was killed and burned after reportedly resisting sexual assault in Mersin's Tarsus district on Friday.

Three suspects were detained on Saturday in connection with the cruel murder of Aslan and they were referred to court for arrest on Sunday.

The security sources said that the three suspects were kept in different custodial prisons during the detention period for security reason.

Hundreds of people gathered across Turkey, including Sanliurfa, Izmir and Trabzon provinces on Sunday to protest the murder.

In addition, on Saturday angry and worried women demonstrated in Istanbul, shouting, "We will put an end to female homicides."

Her funeral was held on Saturday and her coffin was carried by women.

Minister Islam also expressed her deep sorrow over Ozgecan’s killing, during her visit to the family of the young woman in Mersin.

“What Songul and Mehmet Aslan (father and mother of Ozgecan) experienced is the biggest disaster that a family can experience,” she told press members after the visit.

Pointing to death sentence over her killing, she noted: “Not as a minister but as a mother and woman, I think punishment of (this kind of) crimes can be death sentence. (...) We can put it on our agenda."

Separately, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s two daughters Sumeyye Erdogan and Esra Albayrak paid a visit to the family of the young woman to express their condolences.

President Erdogan and his wife Emine phoned Aslan's family on Saturday and condemned the murder. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu also called the family, and said that everything would be done to “appropriately punish the murderers in this vicious attack.”

Shanty collapses on family of five, including a baby

Fri, 06 Feb 2015 12:24:00 GMT+3

A family of five, including a newly-born baby, sustained injuries, when a two-storey, makeshift building collapsed in the southern province of Mersin late Thursday.

Local residents searched for survivors and rescued all casualties from under the rubble.

A witness saw a huge cloud of dust and smoke filled the street after running outside in a hurry. “People were groaning in pain under the rubble when I walked to the direction the sound was coming,” he said.

Police investigating the incident have identified the injured as members of the same family. People living in nearby properties were asked to stay away from the rubble as a precaution.

Acting on a tip-off, emergency service and fire crew ran to the scene to search for anyone else who might have been trapped in the rubble.

The injured were taken to the Mersin Hospital of Medical Science Faculty by ambulances after first aid was administered on the scene. The medics said one of the injured has remained in critical condition while the remaining four have sustained light injuries.

The neighborhood panicked when a strange piece was removed from the remaining walls.

A leg, that was found trapped under the rubble during the search-end-rescue efforts, was hospitalized immediately.

Rescuers are still digging through the rubble in hopes of rescuing victims who are said to be members of a Syrian family.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu called Mersin governor Özdemir Çakacak to ask about casualties and how critical the injured were.

Çakacak, who visited the injured at the hospital, said the casualties do not have life-threatening injuries. “A 23-day-old baby is among the injured. He is in the newly-born intensive case unit. His mother went to surgery when she was taken to the hospital,” he said, speaking to reporters.

“The medics said she was conscious before going into surgery, but we will have more clarified information after the operation.”

The governor also said an inquiry is required to determine why the building has collapsed.

Fire chars Mersin factory dormitory, killing 3

Thu, 05 Feb 2015 12:25:00 GMT+3

At least three workers were killed and six others were injured when a fire erupted in a citrus packing plant in the southern Mediterranean province of Mersin on Wednesday night.

The fire hit a dormitory, which was set up in the plant’s compound to accommodate workers, according to the police report.

The firemen's crew rushed to the scene and struggled to put out the blazes, which engulfed the dormitory in a short time. It is still unknown what caused the fire.

Six workers were hospitalized as they suffered from smoke inhalation, while helping their friends escape the dormitory fire.

The injured are still under treatment at Erdemli hospital.

Turkish authorities detain 20 in wiretapping probe

Tue, 28 Oct 2014 10:43:00 GMT+3

Nearly 20 officers including police chiefs were detained on Tuesday in the southern province of Mersin, after an investigation was launched over the claims of illegal wiretapping by the 'parallel state'.

The operations were held simultaneously early Tuesday morning by Mersin police headquarters against police officers, who faced warrants of detention into the investigation.

A majority of the detainees, allegedly affiliated with the parallel gang, were based in the intelligence unit in the Mersin police HQ. The suspects also included some officers who are based in other provinces.

The detainees were taken to police headquarters for interrogation after a medical check at Toroslar State Hospital.