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Short-term rental conditions according to the new law: Get a certificate from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The application can be made online via e-devlet. The decision on the application must come within 30 days. A month after receiving the certificate, a special commission will come to the facility with a check on compliance with all necessary conditions, such as: the presence of a fire extinguisher, an evacuation plan from the building, a sign with information about the rented object at the entrance, smoke detectors, etc. Subsequent inspections will be carried out every 2 years. Information about the certificate received must necessarily be indicated when advertising the object.

The research laboratory "University Ranking by Academic Indicators" (URAP) of the METU Institute of Informatics announced that 119 Turkish universities were included in the ranking of "3,000 best universities in the world". METU URAP is one of the 10 authorized institutions that make up university rankings worldwide. URAP used academic productivity indicators in six areas: "articles", "citations", "total number of scientific papers", "total number of publications", "total number of citations" and "international cooperation" to compile the rating

Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kutcher spoke about the success of Dream Games on social media, referring to the news of the Financial Times newspaper. The Financial Times news feed used the headline "Royal Match" overthrew "Candy Crush" in the App Store. Kachur stressed that Dream Games, one of the first Turkish corporations with an estimated $2.75 billion in 2021, has doubled its annual revenue to $2 billion this year. The success of the Royal Match demonstrates the influence and potential of the Turkish technology sector on the world stage.

Every year, Henley Partners publishes ratings of official residence permit and citizenship by investment programs. Independent experts, investors and government officials from different countries take part in the creation of ratings. For each criterion, experts give countries points (from 0 to 10), after which the results are summarized.Countries with the most loyal legislation and investment programs included in the rating: 1st place - Malta2nd place - Austria3rd place - Grenada, Saint Lucia4th place - Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis5th place - Dominicana6th place - Turkey7th place - Egypt, Jordan8th place - Vanuatu9th place - Cambodia

23 premium cars confiscated as a result of operations against criminal organizations were handed over to the Istanbul Police Department by court decision. Announcing this decision, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya posted a video of the cars and said: "These cars will serve our nation under the control of our police, not criminal organizations."

The PSM Awards is an annual award that identifies FinTech and e-commerce market leaders. PSM Co-founder and General Coordinator Barysh Bekar: "Over the 6 years of the award's existence, thousands of applications have been submitted and 300 projects have been awarded. The number of applications and interesting projects is growing every year. This year we broke the record: 493 applications were submitted for participation in the award and 70 projects received awards!" The electronic money and payment services platform Payfix was awarded a special award for its contribution to the employment of women and the Golden PSM award in the nomination "Innovative Customer Interaction". Payfix employs 176 women, which is 93% of the total number of employees.

The inscriptions "2025" were placed on the square in the Seyhan district and in other places of the city. Interestingly, last year, when the year 2023 was celebrated, the inscription "2024" was displayed in the same place. Thus, the inhabitants of Adana are traditionally ahead of the whole planet :) Just like last year, the event sparked heated discussions on social media with a lot of funny comments.

Foreign pensioners will be extended the period of use of a car imported into Turkey for another 2 years. Previously, the maximum possible period for a foreign car to stay in the country was 730 days. In accordance with the amendment to be made to the Presidential Decree, pensioners will be given the opportunity to extend this period for another 730 days without having to leave the country. To do this, you will need to submit an application before the end of the 2-year period of stay of the car in Turkey. The amendment will enter into force on January 1, 2024.

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.

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.