A total of 33.4 million foreign tourists visited Türkiye between January and August, up by 13.95 percent from the previous year, showed statistics released by the Culture and Tourism Ministry. Istanbul, the country’s cultural and [Read More]
Türkiye has agreed to send up to 4 million cubic meters of natural gas daily to Romania via a pipeline starting from Oct. 1, the Turkish Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (BOTAS) has announced. The agreement between [Read More]
Turkish police detained 370 suspects in a nationwide operation against criminal organizations allegedly producing illegal tobacco products, a cabinet minister said Thursday. Anti-smuggling and organized crime teams raided 672 places in the campaign dubbed “Operation [Read More]
A total of 42,875 people, who entered Türkiye irregularly, were deported between June 1 and Sept. 22, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said. The Turkish authorities caught a total of 97,363 irregular migrants in the [Read More]
Türkiye’s electric car market is booming in 2023 amid surging gasoline prices and the growing popularity of the country’s first homegrown fully-electric car delivered early this year. Some 22,900 electric vehicles (EVs) have been sold [Read More]
Türkiye is extending its tourism season into the fall as robust trends in overseas arrivals in the summer have put a smile on the face of a vast industry crucial for the country’s revenues. Despite [Read More]
The first cargo ship carrying Ukrainian grain arrived off Türkiye’s Bosphorus Strait on Thursday using a temporary “humanitarian corridor.” The Ihlas news agency said the ship “Resilient Africa” anchored off the Sariyer district at the [Read More]
Türkiye’s central bank on Thursday announced an interest rate hike of 5 percent to tame resurging inflation, a move seen as cementing a reversal of unconventional policies of the past, experts said. The monetary policy [Read More]
Türkiye announced the start of restoration work on Hagia Sophia, one of the most important historical sites in its largest city, Istanbul, local media reports. The restoration project, initiated by the Turkish Culture and Tourism [Read More]
Two Turkish ships carrying humanitarian aid arrived in Libya after a catastrophic flood killed thousands of people in the North African country, Türkiye’s Defense Ministry said in a statement. The vessels were carrying 360 personnel [Read More]
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