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Turkey’s Izmir zoo delighted at Asian elephant’s birth

2021-06-22 - Izmir, Turkey.

Begümcan, a 25-year-old elephant, gave birth to a female calf in The İzmir Natural Life Park’s protected facility and delighted zookeepers, zoo officials told reporters. No name has been given to the baby elephant yet. Giving birth after about two years of gestation, Begümcan has two more calves named İzmir and Deniz (sea in Turkish) with Winner, the father elephant.


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Five elephant species lived 8M years ago in central Turkey. Complete elephant skull belonging to Choerolophodon Pentelici, ancestor of elephants, found in Kayseri province

5 elephant species lived 8M years ago in central Turkey

2021-03-20 - Ankara, Turkey.

Oksan Basoglu, a professor of archeology at Ankara Haci Bayram Veli University, who is heading excavations told that five different species of elephants, were found. Basoglu underlined that the most interesting piece among those found was a complete elephant skull fossil belonging to Choerolophodon Pentelici, known as elephants' ancestor. "This is the only sample fully uncovered. The species is also significant. It's a rare species in the world," he said.


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Giraffe, rhino fossils discovered in Turkey"s Kayseri

2020-09-09 - Istanbul, Turkey. DAILY SABAH

Atrove of fossils found by the excavation team on the banks of Yamula Dam in the central province of Kayseri points to the fact that this commerce hub in the Anatolian heartland was once home to giraffes, rhinoceros and elephants.


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First elephant to be born in Turkey

2011-02-11 - Izmir, Turkey.

´Begümcan´ and ´Winner´, an Indian race elephant ‘couple’, had their first baby in Turkey, still unnamed. The baby elephant is also the first to be born in Turkey. The 110-kg-weighed baby elephant was delivered at İzmir Wild Life Park in western Turkey. The number of the Park’s elephants has risen to 3 with the coming of the newborn, whose name is to be determined with an İzmir-residents participated survey.


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Winner and Begümcan look happy

2008-08-08 - Izmir, Turkey.

Six-year-old Asian elephant Winner, bought by the Ýzmir Metropolitan Municipality from Israel after the death of the city's well-known elephant Bahadýr, has easily adapted to his new home. Winner is also happy with the hospitality of young female landlord elephant Begümcan. At the first meeting of Winner and Begümcan without barriers, the new couple seemed happy.


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Purification and some properties of carbonic anhydrase from Elephas trogontherii (Steppe elephant) bone.

2007-08-01 - Erzurum, Turkey. Demir Y, Nadaroðlu H, Demir N. Faculty of Education Atatürk University

Four isoenzymes of carbonic anhydrase (CA) were purified from Elephas Irogontherii (steppe elephant) bone (approx 0.3-0.5 million years old) from different locations (outer peripheral, cytosolic, inner peripheral and integral) using Sepharose 4B-L-tyrosine sulphanilamide affinity chromatography and their kinetics properties were investigated and compared with known CA isoenzymes. The purification degree of CAs was monitored by SDS-PAGE. Purification fold for outer peripheral, inner peripheral, c...


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Europes oldest elephant bull, Pak Bahadýr is dead

2007-07-23 - Izmir, Turkey.

The elephant Pak Bahadýr at the Izmir Municipality Kulturpark Zoo died while undergoing an operation on his foot and leg. One Turkish and two German experts conducted the operation. Unfortunately the old elephant's heart could not handle the pressure. Sabah daily said the elephant had arrived from Pakistan in 1954 and had become the symbol of the city.


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2.5-meter Mammoth Tooth Found In Eregli

2006-07-04 - EREGLI, Turkey.

A 2.5-meter mammoth tooth fossil was unearthed in Eregli town of central city of Konya, said Erksin Gulec, a lecturer at the Anthropology Department of Ankara University. After examining the fossil tooth, predicted to be about 2 million years old, Gulec said that scientists thought that there were swamps and lakes in this region at the age of the mammoths.


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8 Headlines about Elephants from Turkey2021-06-22 - Izmir, Turkey - Turkey’s Izmir zoo delighted at Asian elephant’s birth 2021-03-20 - Ankara, Turkey - Five elephant species lived 8M years ago in central Turkey. Complete elephant skull belonging to Choerolophodon Pentelici, ancestor of elephants, found in Kayseri province 2020-09-09 - Istanbul, Turkey - Giraffe, rhino fossils discovered in Turkey"s Kayseri 2011-02-11 - Izmir, Turkey - First elephant to be born in Turkey 2008-08-08 - Izmir, Turkey - Winner and Begümcan look happy 2007-08-01 - Erzurum, Turkey - Purification and some properties of carbonic anhydrase from Elephas trogontherii (Steppe elephant) bone. 2007-07-23 - Izmir, Turkey - Europes oldest elephant bull, Pak Bahadýr is dead 2006-07-04 - EREGLI, Turkey - 2.5-meter Mammoth Tooth Found In Eregli

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