Asia Turkey The country has managed to increase its share of local wind turbine production to 72% and the government has ambitions to attract further investment in the sector; the country exports 80% of its production
Asia Turkey Media and Law Studies Association stated that Internet censorship and surveillance are set to increase further; the annual Free Web Turkey 2021 report, funded by the Netherlands, shows that at least 11.050 URLs were blocked in Turkey in 2021
Asia Turkey About 250.000 Turkish citizens have quit smoking with the help of 'Alo 171', a telephone line that connects smokers with health officials who help them quit; the figure represents one third of the total number of calls, 700.000
Asia Turkey The price increase - starting in June - for foreigners who want to obtain citizenship through real estate investments is the Turkish government's latest attempt to alleviate the country's financial difficulties
Asia Turkey Stalking is a crime for the first time as parliament passes a law on the prevention of violence against women and health workers
Asia Turkey On International Labour Day celebrations, the police in Istanbul has reportedly detained dozens of protesters, surrounding protesters to quickly detain them and attempting to block members of the press from recording the arrests
Asia Turkey Women in Sorgun village in the northwestern province of Bursa have continued an ancient practice of making traditional dolls, about 50 a month with special types of clothes, which they sell throughout the country and around the world
Asia Turkey The Zero-Waste project has been defined a great success by first lady Emine Erdoğan; launched in 2017, the project has resulted in the recycling of 16,5 mln tonnes of paper and cardboard, 4,1 mln tonnes of plastic, 1,7 mln tonnes of glass
Asia Turkey İzmir, Turkey's third-largest city and a major tourist destination on the country's Aegean coast, is carrying out work at the port to prepare to welcome its first cruise ship after a years-long break
Asia Turkey A suspension bridge across the Dardanelles Strait has been opened, the latest of Erdogan's major infrastructure projects in the country; linking Turkey's European and Asian coasts, the bridge has the longest main span of any suspension bridge
Asia Turkey During the opening of the Diplomatic Forum in Antalya, Erdogan said that the Russian invasion demonstrated the need to develop a new global security architecture, protecting peace and serving the whole of humanity "instead of the interests of 5 countries"
Asia Turkey 5 engineering students, all female, developed a drone, difficult to detect and useful in border security and as an early warning system for forest fires, at the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Turkish Aeronautics Association University
Asia Turkey Ozturk Turkdogan, co-president of the country's oldest human rights organization Human Rights Association (IHD), faces more than ten years in prison, demonstrating the government's policy of pursuing baseless allegations against members of civil society