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In Turkey, voters who do not show up for elections without a valid reason can be fined 300 liras. This is spelled out in article 25 of Law No. 298 "On the basic provisions on Elections and Voter Lists". We remind you that on May 14, the President's Day, a ban on the sale of alcoholic beverages from 18-00 to 00-00 will be in effect in stores.

The rally of the President of Turkey, held on May 7 in Istanbul, was attended by 1 million 700 thousand people!"I have just been informed that 1 million 700 thousand people are taking part in the rally. These are official figures," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, speaking at the rally.

- We have discovered the largest oil reserves in the Gabar region in southeastern Turkey. Their value is estimated at $80 billion. These oil reserves will serve to meet the needs of our people.- - We will establish a "Family and Youth Bank", which will be financed by the oil and gas industry of Turkey.- We promise to help Turkish farmers with fertilizers that we will produce using gas extracted in the Black Sea.

Starting from June 8, Aeroflot launches a direct flight from Adana to Moscow on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. We remind you that the airline also operates flights from Moscow to Istanbul, Antalya, Izmir, Dalaman and Bodrum.

According to a study conducted in May 2022, 98.5% of Turks use social networks. The most popular social network is Instagram, the least popular is Tinder. At the same time, 34% of respondents spend at least 2 hours a day in social networks, 26.8% - a maximum of 4 hours, and 19% - more than 6 hours a day.

Zafer Aral, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Samsun Yurt Savunma, a subsidiary of which Canik is, announced the completion of the acquisition of the British defense company AEI Systems.

The guests and relatives who attended the luxurious wedding in Mersin made a truly royal gift to the newlyweds. After all the money donated by the young guests of the holiday was counted, it turned out that the amount was 12 million 250 thousand liras!

Tatneft bought the remaining 50% of the shares of the fuel company "Aytemiz Akaryakıt Daşıtım A.Ş.", owned by the holding "Doğan Şirketler Grubu Holding", for 168 million dollars.Taking into account the estimated debt at the closing date, the total amount of the transaction amounted to $ 336 million.

The new museum building was designed by the Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano. The museum with an area of 10.500 m2 is located on the embankment of the Karakey district. "The New York Times" included the museum in the list of "52 places to go in 2023". In addition to the exhibition halls, there is a library, educational workshops, a cafe and a shop on the territory of the museum.

A hot pepper contest was held at the 24th Festival of Agriculture in Antalya. The winner of the contest ate 260 grams of hot pepper in 3 minutes and received a prize of 5,000 lira. The second and third places were taken by participants who ate 242 and 238 grams of pepper. They won 3,000 and 2,000 lire respectively. The municipality of the city gave 500 liras to all 15 participants of the competition.Do you buy hot peppers at the bazaar?

The traffic police of Manavgat fined the driver for drunk driving in the amount of 25,521 liras. The driver Nurettin Bashkara fell asleep in his car right on the roadway, where he was detained by police officers.

The Rector of the University of Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat Yiversitesi (ALKÜ) Ekrem Kalan announced the signing of a contract for the construction of a solar power plant on the territory of the university in Kestel. Solar panels with a total area of 90 thousand m2 will be installed on the roof of the campus and parking. After commissioning, the station will not only fully meet the needs of the university and the campus for electricity, but will also supply energy to all districts of Alanya, including Gazipasha, and will save about 47 million liras. It is planned that the plant will generate 2 million 100 thousand kW of energy per year.