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The Turkish President spoke at the opening ceremony of the second GDP at the airport. Sabihi Gokcen."With the commissioning of this new runway, we will significantly increase the airport's capacity. The new runway will be used for landings, the old one for takeoffs. Our goal is to increase passenger traffic to 85 million passengers per year. We predict that this year the airport will serve 37 million people, and in the future it will become the third busiest after Istanbul and Antalya airports. $970 million was spent on the construction of the second lane," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said

The United Confederation of Public Organizations has released data on hunger and poverty. It was stated that the hunger limit for a family of four had increased to 16,483 liras in December. The poverty line was calculated as 46,837 liras.

Great news for owners of foreign phones used in Turkey. Now the period of operation of phones without mandatory registration will be 180 days! To do this, in the e-devlet system, before the end of 120 days, you need to apply for an extension of the gadget's use period for 30 days. It will be possible to make such an extension twice. To date, to register a foreign phone in Turkey, you need to pay 31.692 liras.

The Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) has published statistics on citizens' incomes for 2022. The most profitable sector in Turkey turned out to be financial and insurance companies - 293.511 liras per year. They are followed by the information and communications industry - 284.842 liras per year and the field of culture, art, entertainment and sports - 229.108 liras per year. The minimum income was shown by the food and accommodation industry - 99.290 liras per year, the real estate sector - 102.109 liras per year and the construction industry - 104.768 liras per year, respectively. The gender pay gap was in favor of men at all levels of education. For the indicator calculated on the basis of average annual gross earnings, the largest difference was 19.6% for high school graduates, and the smallest was 14.5% for elementary school graduates and below.

Hatice Akturk settled in Mugla in the Milas district after working in Bursa for many years. She and her husband bought a garden with olive trees. Later it turned out that one of the olive trees is 3,200 years old, according to scientific measurements. A scientific article on the determination of his age was published in an international journal. The diameter of the trunk of this giant is 4 meters and it still yields crops, so Aktobe began to produce olive oil called Ata Ağa . Now anyone can buy this unique oil in the shops of Turkey. By the way, olive oil produced in Miass has become the fifth geographical product registered in the EU.

Using high-resolution satellite imagery, the potential of solar energy was calculated, which can be obtained from solar panels located on roofs in different cities of the country. The potential amount of solar energy produced can be 120 gigawatts, which will provide 45% of the country's electricity needs.

Last November in Turkey was the wettest in the last 34 years and the hottest in the last 53 years. The average temperature was 12.5 degrees Celsius, which is 3.2 degrees above normal, and precipitation was 109.3 millimeters, which is 88% more than normal. New maximum temperatures in November were recorded in 67 provinces.

According to the Central Bank of Turkey, the Central Bank's foreign exchange reserves currently amount to a record $ 142.5 billion, an increase of $1 billion. $154 million compared to the previous week. Gold and foreign exchange reserves also increased by $265 million: from $46 billion 864 million to $47 billion. 129 million dollars. The increase in total reserves from the end of May to December 15, 2023 amounted to 44.8%.

During a closed meeting of representatives of the business world with the Minister of Finance and Treasury Mehmet Shimshek, the latter said that the 25% limit on rent increases, valid until July 1, 2024, will not be extended. Thus, landlords will be able to increase their rent by any amount starting from July 1 next year. The minister also said that in 2024 the system of calculating property taxes will be revised. The exact tariffs are still unknown, but the tax will depend on various factors: the square footage of the room, whether it is the only housing or not, etc.

According to the country's authorities, the Chinese purchased the most housing in Thailand - 4,991 properties worth 24.7 billion baht. They are followed by citizens of the Russian Federation, who bought 962 objects, in third and fourth places - citizens of the United States and Taiwan. A total of 10,703 apartments worth $1.5 billion have been sold since the beginning of 2023. This is 38% more than in 2022.

Afghanistan- 64.662Syria - 55.169Palestine - 17.127Turkmenistan - 13.168Morocco - 12.445Uzbekistan - 8.998Iraq - 8,334Iran - 6,765Yemen - 6.068Pakistan - 5,904Citizens of other countries - 39.494

Erkan Yagji, President of the Turkish Hoteliers Association TÜROFED, said that 80% of the rooms in hotels on the Antalya coast have already been booked, and since there is still a whole week before the New Year, the occupancy rate is likely to be even higher. Most of the Russians will come. By tradition, most of the vacationers are citizens of the Russian Federation. Citizens of Germany, England, the Netherlands and Belgium also come to celebrate the New Year in Turkey.