Stressing the importance of the Southeastern Anatolia region in oil producing, Karancak pointed out that the raw oil production in the region forms the 99,6 percent of the total production. Western Raman field has the biggest oil reserve of Turkey. Aksel Gurcan, Cigdem Aslan, Oksana Aksel Mert, Husniye Keskin, Tatiana Tuna Kostem, Nesrin Kaya, Aysel Tas, Resat Oguz, Isik Bayraktar, Ercument Olgundeniz, and Metin Sazak will represent Turkey at the Championship that will be held between August 18 and 23. Officials told the A.A correspondent that the time bomb exploded overnight. Raw oil production has been postponed, and experts are trying to determine the dimensions of the damage, the officials said.
Operations are underway in the region to capture the assailants.
Kemal I. Onal, the Governor of Kirklareli, made observations in the excavation field and said that the activities that has started to search the cultural history of the province will continue with the support of the Culture Ministry. Experts from Prehistory Department of Istanbul University and the German Institute of Archeology, carry out the excavation under the chairmanship of Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ozdogan from the Istanbul University in the region. Along with Prof. Dr. Hermann Parzinger, Director of the Euratische Abteilung Institute in Berlin, several scientists and students from Germany, Bulgaria and Slovakia, also take part in the excavations. The excavations which began in August, will continue until the end of September. Research project's aim is to determine the relation between the cultures of Anatolia and Balkans during the prehistoric period.