Türkiye prepares tobacco bill with age checks on cigarette sales
Health Minister Kemal Memişoğlu says a bill tightening smoking rules and verifying…
Türkiye publishes rules barring under-15s from social media, effective November 1
New regulations published in the Official Gazette require platforms to reject under-15…
Galataport goes year-round as Aroya runs 25 winter cruises from Istanbul
Istanbul's Galataport is hosting a full winter cruise programme, with Aroya Cruises…
Turkish Airlines carries 73 million passengers in first nine months of 2026
Turkish Airlines flew 9 million passengers in September and 73 million over…
Türkiye’s industrial production falls 1.9% in August as manufacturing weakens
Factory output contracted both annually and monthly in August, with manufacturing down…
New high-speed line cuts Istanbul–Bulgarian border rail trip to about 90 minutes
The 153-kilometre Çerkezköy–Kapıkule high-speed line opened on Oct. 9, linking Tekirdağ, Kırklareli…
Türkiye’s construction costs climb 29.6% annually in August
TurkStat's construction cost index rose 2.04% in August, driven by materials, with…
Digging resumes at Tyana’s Roman baths in Niğde after 20-year pause
Archaeologists have returned to the bath complex built by Emperor Caracalla in…
Free Anatolia Opera and Ballet Festival to tour small towns from Midyat to Kadirli in November
The third edition of the state-run festival will take opera and ballet…
Death toll rises to five after partial building collapse in Istanbul’s Maltepe
Rescuers pulled 10 people alive from a seven-storey 1987 building in Maltepe;…
