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The head of the Supreme Election Commission of the Central Election Commission of Turkey, Ahmet Ener, reported on the successful holding of municipal elections in the country. With the exception of isolated incidents, the situation at the polling stations was calm. According to the CEC, 61.4 million voters took part in the voting. If anyone doubted that Turkey is a democratic country, yesterday's elections definitely dispelled all doubts. According to the results of the elections, the ruling AKP party (Justice and Development Party) could not hold the leadership and lost to the opposition SNR party (Republican People's Party). In percentage terms, the election results are as follows:SNR (Republican People's Party) - 37.74%AKP (Justice and Development Party) - 35.49%YRP (New Welfare Party) - 6.19%DEM (People's Equality and Democracy Party) - 5.68%MNR (Nationalist Movement Party) - 4.98% Of course, the closest attention was focused on the mayoral elections in Istanbul, Izmir and Ankara. In all three megacities, the candidates from the SNR (Republican People's Party) won: Istanbul - Ekrem Imamoglu - 51.09%Ankara - Mansur Yavash - 60.35%Izmir - Jamil Tugai - 48.90% In Antalya and Mersin, the current mayors, who are also candidates from the SNR party, remained in their posts, having managed to gain the necessary number of votes: Antalya - Mukhittin Bejek - 48.64%Mersin - Vakhap Secher - 59.50%

Zeynep Celik, an independent candidate for mayor of the small town of Kalkim in Canakkale province, won the election and became mayor. Thus, Celik became the youngest female mayor in Turkey. There are 1983 voters in the city of Kalkym, 47.91% of whom voted for Zeynep. The girl, who will hold the post of mayor of Kalkym for 5 years, thanked the residents of the city for their support and promised to do everything to justify their trust.

Bilechik - Melek Myzrak SubashiAydin - Ozlem CherchiogluEdirne - Phyllis Genjan AkynAfyonkarahisar - Burju KeksalaTekirdag - Jandan YujirEskisehir - Ayshe UnlujeBatman - Gulustan SenyukAgra - Hazal ArasGaziantep - Fatma ShahinDyarbakir - Ayshe SerraSiirt - Sofya Alagash In addition, women became the heads of three districts of Istanbul: Bakyrkey - Aishegul Ovalyoglu, Uskyudar - Sinem Dedetash, Maltepe - Esin Kamen. In Antalya, Ilkai Akcha became the head of Akseki district and Saniya Jaran became the head of Korkuteli district.

"In accordance with the Law on Notification No. 7201 and the Regulation on Electronic Notification No. 30617, the National Electronic Notification System (UETS) has been established to send and deliver notifications to individuals," the Turkish Interior Ministry's Migration Affairs Department said in a statement. From April 15, when applying for an extension of a Turkish residence permit, it will be necessary to provide the UETS address along with the application and other documents. You can get a UETS address for free at PTT post offices by presenting your passport, TIN, valid Turkish phone number, your e-mail and an application for UETS. After that, you will be given a PDF file. If you have an electronic signature, you can apply for UETS online on the website www.etebligat.gov.tr . What is UETS?The Electronic Notification System (UETS), created and operated by PTT, is a digital notification system. The UETS system allows you to receive all documents transferred on paper after legal and other official actions in digital form. In fact, all official and legal documents will not need to be delivered in paper form. Such documents will be sent by e-mail to the profile opened in the UETS system for both individuals and legal entities.

According to the election results, the current mayor of Alanya, Adem Murat Yudzhel, could not get the necessary number of votes to run for a third term and lost the leadership to a member of the CHP party, Osman Taryk Ozchelik. The top three candidates with the highest number of votes are as follows: Osman Taryk Ozchelik - 45.50%Adem Murat Yudzhel - 26.66%Mehmet Shahin - 21.68% Congratulations to Alanya on the new mayor! We wish Osman Taryk success and fruitful work!

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince and Chairman of the Executive Council of Dubai, has issued a resolution that bans the import and trade of single-use plastic products. The ban is being introduced in stages - at the first stage, from January 1, 2024, the use of disposable plastic bags is prohibited. Non-plastic disposable goods will be banned from June 1, 2024. Cocktail sticks, cups and plastic cotton swabs will be banned from January 1, 2025. From January 1, 2026, a ban on the sale and use of plastic food containers, tableware, as well as plastic cups and lids for them will come into force. The ban does not apply to thin-film tapes used for packaging meat, fish, vegetables, fruits, cereals and bread, as well as garbage bags. The amount of fines for violators of the resolution is 200-2000 dirhams ($55 - $545).

The Mayor of Alanya, Adem Murat Yudzhel, awarded the students who read the largest number of books in the city libraries with bicycles and gift certificates. As part of the program, the mayor met with young book lovers at the Emine Hajikura Library. "We continue to open new libraries and hold events to encourage our students to read more books," he said. Library Week, which begins annually on the last Monday of March, is celebrated with various events both in Alanya and throughout the country.

According to information published on the Hurun Report economic platform, Istanbul ranked 5th in Europe and 26th in the world in terms of the number of dollar billionaires. There are a total of 25 dollar billionaires in Turkey and 22 of them live in Istanbul. The TOP 5 European cities in terms of the number of dollar billionaires now look like this: London, Moscow, Paris, Milan, Istanbul. The total number of dollar billionaires in the world is 3,279. The list is headed by China, where 814 dollar billionaires live. China is followed by the USA with 800 people, India with 271 people, Great Britain with 146 people and Germany with 140 people. In general, 49% of all billionaires in the world live in China and the United States.

According to the data, the average height of men worldwide is 173 cm, and the average height of women is 161 cm. Thus, men are on average about 12 cm taller than women. In Turkey, the average height of men is 173.6 cm, and women - 161.9 cm. In total, the growth of men in Turkey was lower than the growth of men in countries such as:Germany, USA, Russia, Great Britain, Austria, Australia, Denmark, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Montenegro, Greece, Sweden, Switzerland and above the height of men in countries such as:Azerbaijan, UAE, Brazil, China, Indonesia, South Africa, India, Hong Kong, Iraq, Iran, Spain, Japan, Mexico, Egypt, Romania, Saudi Arabia. The growth of women in Turkey was lower than the growth of women in countries such as:Germany, Austria, Russia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Croatia, Canada, Montenegro, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, New Zealand, Greece and above the height of women in countries such as:USA, Argentina, Australia, UAE, Great Britain, Brazil, China, Armenia, South Africa, India, Spain, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Egypt, Moldova, Saudi Arabia, Thailand.

According to the Turkish Statistical Institute, in 2023, unemployment in Turkey was 9.4%, which is 1% less than in 2022. The total number of unemployed in Turkey decreased by 318 thousand people last year compared to the same period of the previous year and amounted to 3 million 264 thousand people. Also in 2023, the country recorded the lowest youth unemployment rate in the last 10 years. The unemployment rate among youth aged 15-24 decreased by 2 points to 17.4%.

This was announced by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a rally in Istanbul: "Over the past 21 years, we have invested 1 trillion 650 billion Turkish liras in the infrastructure of Istanbul. In the field of transport, we have increased the length of separate roads from 350 to 794 kilometers and built 230 kilometers of light rail and metro lines in the city. Our goal is to implement all 1,100 kilometers of railway system projects that we have prepared for Istanbul. This year, a tender will be held for the construction of the Gebze - Airport high-speed train line.Sabihi Gokcen - Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge - Istanbul Airport", the length of which will be 120 kilometers."

Campaigns Marcet Cap has identified the most expensive airlines in the world. Turkish Airlines (THY) has become the 8th most expensive airline in the world, rising two positions among 62 aviation companies. THY CEO Bilal Ekshi announced this on his social media page. and he said: "Turkey is growing and Turkish Airlines is growing with the country, becoming the 8th most expensive airline in the world," wrote Ekshi. The TOP 10 most expensive airlines in the world are as follows: - Ryanair - Ireland - Market capitalization of $33.21 billion- Delta Air Lines - USA - Market capitalization of $29.32 billion- Southwest Airlines - USA - Market capitalization of $16.97 billion- United Airlines Holdings - USA - Market capitalization of $15.24 billion- InterGlobe Aviation - India - Market capitalization of $15.18 billion- Air China - China - Market capitalization of $14.22 billion- Singapore Airlines - Singapore - Market capitalization of $14.09 billion- Turkish Airlines (THY) - Turkey - Market capitalization of $12.53 billion- China Southern Airlines - China - Market capitalization of $12.28 billion- International Consolidated Airlines - Spain - Market capitalization: $10.48 billion