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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

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.

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.

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 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%.

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.

Turkey's REIDIN analytical agency has published data on the real estate price index for November 2023. According to the data, the housing price index increased by 3.09% compared to the previous month and by 86.46% compared to November 2022. In total, over the past 5 years, the cost of residential real estate has increased by 870.8%, and the cost of rent has increased by 1043.92%. In November 2023, a total of 93,514 properties were sold. In November 2022, this figure was 117.806 properties. Antalya, Kocaeli and Ankara became the leaders in the growth of housing prices. REIDIN also analyzed the amount of profit from renting real estate and this figure amounted to 96.1% in annual terms. Gold is in second place with a yield of 78.49%.

Visa-free entry to Turkey for citizens of the United States, Canada, Bahrain, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Oman

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.

52.7 million tourists visited Turkey in 11 months of 2023. The most tourists arrived (in descending order) from Russia, Germany, England, Bulgaria and Iran. Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy noted that Turkey occupies a leading position among the world's leading tourist countries, setting records for the number of tourists and tourism revenues. "Turkey is a country with a rich cultural and natural heritage that attracts millions of tourists from all over the world. We continue to work on developing our tourism potential to offer our guests the best experience and quality of service.", Ersoy noted.

Vakıf bankZıraat bankDenizbankKuveyt turkT rkiye iş bankasıAkbankGaranti bank (for citizens of Ukraine) Depending on the bank, you will be asked to provide the following documents: - Turkish INN- international passport- a document confirming residence in your home country (internal passport, utility bills)- Russian INN (in some cases)- ikamet (residence permit card)- a document confirming registration at the place of residence in Turkey