Asia Turkey Number of organ transplants decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a particularly large drop for heart and lung transplants; around 22.735 people are on the waiting list for an organ and tissue transplant according to the Ministry of Health
Asia Turkey Defence Ministry has rejected allegations that the Turkish Armed Forces used chemical weapons in operations against Kurdish militants; media close to the Kurdistan Workers' Party militant group published videos this week that can be interpreted as that
Asia Turkey A project was prepared for the establishment of health centres for the elderly within hospitals, so that they can be cared for in the nearest place
Asia Turkey Aşıklar Şelalesi (The Lovers' Waterfall), located in the western province of İzmir, has been declared a 'sensitive area to be strictly protected', by a presidential decree announced in the official gazette
Asia Turkey A team of scientists from the Faculty of Medicine at Ege University in Izmir is proud to have solved the mystery of a patient's illness and declared it a new disease previously unknown to the medical community
Asia Turkey Turkish florists are resorting to cargo planes instead of trucks as they rush to send as many flowers as possible to the UK to cope with the deluge of orders following the death of Queen Elizabeth
Asia Turkey 'Digiverse', a 5.000 square meters virtual universe centre in Antalya, has opened doors to visitors; it offers a 3D experience with naked eye, where AI, Art, technology and entertainment are blended
Asia Turkey The Finance Minister downplayed US threats of sanctions for companies with relations to sanctioned Russian organisations, saying that companies need not worry
Asia Turkey The country accounts for one third of the world's geothermal greenhouse emissions, a 400% increase since 2002 according to Mücahit Kıvrak of Balıkesir University
Asia Turkey Nearly 20.000 people visited the floating islands in the eastern province of Bingöl, which are among the city's landmarks, in the first seven months of this year, according to a report by the Nature Conservation and National Parks
Asia Turkey The Basilica Cistern built by Justinian the Great for the capital of his Eastern Roman Empire, in modern-day Istanbul, has been reopened after a five-year restoration that transformed the water storage site
Asia Turkey In the past 13 days, 12 women have been killed in Turkey, as women's rights defenders cry out against the lack of prevention policies
Asia Turkey A new treatment method based on using proteins in the human body to strengthen the structure of jaw bones and teeth is ready to be introduced after Turkish scientists developed it as a way to speed up the healing process after dental operations