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

'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

The Finance Minister downplayed US threats of sanctions for companies with relations to sanctioned Russian organisations, saying that companies need not worry

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

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

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

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

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

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