1.   For a week every December, this Anatolian city of nearly two million becomes the world capital of the Rumi cult.

2.   A methane gas explosion in a private coal mine killed five miners near this central Anatolian city, state television said on Saturday.

3.   A Turkish air force jet crashed near this central Anatolian city Wednesday, killing both of its pilots, the Anatolia news agency reported.

4.   A series of explosions at an arms factory Thursday injured at least eight people and caused panic in this central Anatolian city, reports said.

5.   The bomb was detonated as the armored prison vehicle passed a car parked on a road near this central Anatolian city, Deputy Governor Osman Gurbuz said.