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Pay in Turkey like at home: by QR code and without commission. Pay in shops and restaurants in Turkey the same way you used to do it at home - using familiar payment methods and without commission. There are more than 30 thousand points with payment by QR or short digital code in 81 cities of Turkey. To pay via Sberbank, tell the cashier or waiter that you want to pay via Metropol, the Turkish payment system for shops and restaurants. Then scan the QR code, select the payment method - SberPay or online card and confirm the payment - it will be carried out without commission. As a rule, in shops, cafes and restaurants where this payment method is available, there is an SberPay sticker on the cash registers.

The population of Antalya, Turkey's 5th largest city and tourist capital, is growing every day. According to the latest data, the city's population is 2 million 364 thousand 396 people. The recent decrease in the number of Russian tourists has not affected the total number of foreigners living. Russian citizens still occupy the first place in the list of foreigners with the largest number of residence permits in the city. Governor H.Shahin announced that the total number of foreigners with a residence permit in Antalya province is 100,692 people and noted that with the beginning of the tourist season, their number is likely to increase. TOP 3 countries whose citizens officially reside in Antalya: 1. Russian Federation - 29.798 people.2. Kazakhstan - 16.516 people.3. Ukraine - 13.687 people.

Adem Murat Yucel, the former mayor of Alanya, implemented the project of a closed parking lot, a market square, a cinema and an electronic library in the Friday Bazaar area of Alanya, calling it "one of the projects of my vision." The Mayor of Alanya Osman Ozchelik conducted an inspection at the Friday Bazaar last Saturday. Ozcelik called the project of the former mayor "ugly" and gave the command to start the necessary work to bring the market back to the surface and install it in the open air as it was before.

At the SDN Summit event held at the Hali Congress Center, Hepsiburada introduced the Drone Delivery service for the first time. Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kachur visited the demonstration site for test flights and received information about the project from the CEO of Hepsiburada. As part of the testing, a trial cargo delivery was also carried out in the garden of the Halich Congress Center. When the project is completed, orders placed through Hepsiburada will be delivered to the recipient within minutes using a drone.

The President of Religious Affairs, Professor Dr. Ali Erbash, announced the amount of payment for the sacrifice by proxy for 2024.. The fee for the proxy sacrifice for 2024 was set at 11.750 liras ($364) inside Turkey and 4.750 liras ($147) abroad. What is a proxy sacrifice?A person who intends to make a sacrifice, but does not have the opportunity or desire to do it personally, can choose a trusted person as his representative and give him money for a sacrificial animal. The power of attorney can be issued orally or in writing, as well as by any means of communication. According to the agreement, the authorized person (or organization) will buy, slaughter and distribute the meat of the sacrificial animal to those in need.

A fine of 774.282 liras (almost $24,000) was issued to two Iranians who collected 3 bags of giant onions in Van province, which were prohibited from collecting. Employees of the Department of Nature Protection and National Parks of Gevash seized plants that were collected together with tubers. Allium Giganteum - giant (gigantic) onion is a perennial herbaceous plant, an Asian type of onion. It grows in Central and Southwestern Asia and can reach a height of up to 1.5 m. The inflorescence is spherical, 12-15 cm long and consists of beautiful purple-purple star-shaped flowers.

According to the latest news, a bill consisting of 23 articles on amendments to the Commercial Code has been submitted to the Presidium of the Grand National Assembly. The bill provides for an increase in fines as part of the fight against price gouging and the accumulation of stocks in warehouses for the purpose of speculation. The purpose of the bill is the natural functioning of the market and the fight against unfair competition that misleads consumers. The head of the parliamentary group of the ruling Turkish party, Abdullah Guller: "The amount of the fine for overcharging will range from 100,000 to 1 million liras; the amount of the fine for stockpiling will range from 1 million liras to 12 million liras for each violation. We also present to the Ministry the right to impose penalties in the form of closure for up to 6 days on manufacturers, suppliers and retail enterprises that have been caught accumulating stocks at least 3 times during a calendar year." Guller said that the bill will be adopted after the completion of work in the Commission on Industry, Trade, Energy, Natural Resources, Information and Technology and in the General Assembly.

Construction of a new bridge over the Evros River (Turk. Meric) between the border points of Pisala in Turkey and Kepi in Greece will begin this year. The existing two-lane bridge, built in 1958 to provide passage across the Evros River between the border outposts, cannot meet the growing car traffic between the two countries every year. Edirne Governor Yunus Sezer inspected the area where the bridge will be built. The construction will be carried out with the partnership of both countries. The Turkish side of the bridge will be built by the General Directorate of Highways, and the Greek side by the Greek government. The main length of the bridge, technical work on which is being carried out by the 1st regional Directorate of Highways, will be 811 meters, and the part above the river will be 344 meters. The 4-lane bridge will also have an emergency road and sidewalks.

The first flight of a high-speed train on the Istanbul-Sivas line was carried out in Turkey. The High-speed Train Line (HSR), one of Turkey's important transportation projects, has begun to provide uninterrupted traffic between Sivas and Istanbul. The travel time between Istanbul and Sivas, which takes about 14 hours by bus, has been reduced to 7 hours and 18 minutes with the commissioning of the non-stop high-speed train line. The first train left S ğ tl eşme station at 08.40 am and arrived in Sivas 7 hours and 18 minutes later. A welcoming ceremony was organized for the arriving passengers. Governor of Sivas Yilmaz Shimshek: "Today Sivas is experiencing a historic day again. With this trip, our flights to Istanbul began, and the distance between Istanbul and Sivas was reduced to 7 hours. The high-speed train opens up new horizons for our city. It will contribute to the development of industry, the economy and especially tourism."

In Samsun, 42-year-old Ayshe A. filed a divorce lawsuit against her husband, 48-year-old Akhmet A., claiming that he cheated on her with her best friend S.C., who is also her uncle's wife. The court found that Akhmet had called his mistress 828 times in the last 326 days. Ayshe also proved the accusations against her husband with the help of witnesses. The court ruled that the defendant Akhmet A. must pay 500 thousand liras and 500 thousand liras compensation for moral damage ($30,886).

The Director of Health of Alanya, Nadir Aldemir, together with other officials, inspected the construction of a new public hospital in the Payallar district. During the inspection, the delegation received information about the progress of construction and the degree of readiness of the hospital building. The public hospital in Pajallar will meet the A2 level. The hospital has 200 beds, 25 intensive care beds, 10 palliative beds, 7 operating rooms, 67 polyclinic rooms, 5 emergency rooms, endoscopy and bronchoscopy departments, a burn department, an outpatient chemotherapy department for 15 people, a sleep laboratory and a diabetes center. With the completion of construction, healthcare in Alanya will become more comprehensive and efficient. "Our new hospital will provide the most modern medical services for our region. This investment will make a significant contribution to strengthening the city's healthcare infrastructure," Aldemir said.

FutureLog, a digital procurement platform from Movenpick Holding subsidiaries that provides procurement technology services to more than 8,000 hotels worldwide, has chosen Turkey as the headquarters for its operations in Greece, Egypt and Turkey. FutureLog, a leading provider of procure-to-pay software for the hospitality industry, opened its headquarters in Turkey in Antalya last year and is preparing to expand its service network on three continents in the near future by opening a data center in Ankara and a support center in Istanbul. FutureLog's press conference on "Artificial Intelligence in Tourism", held under the auspices of the International Hospitality Company (IHC) in Turkey, took place recently in the building of the Antalya Aquarium. The meeting discussed the innovations and advantages of FutureLog for the tourism sector.