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Turkey's forests are giving mushroom pickers a good harvest this season. Mushroom pickers collect 10 to 30 kilograms of mushrooms per day and sell the products to exporting companies at a price of 120 to 150 liras per kilogram. They, in turn, send the mushrooms to European countries, especially Italy and Spain.

Istanbul residents and guests have a unique opportunity to visit the famous Rahmi M. Ko Industrial Museum, where the Saga Farmann, an exact replica of the Viking cargo sailing ship Klastad, will be on display until the end of October. Saga Farmann, which set sail from Tonsberg, Norway, in April this year, traveled 3,500 kilometers through more than 100 canals and arrived in Istanbul in August. The 20-meter-long ship will soon be put under repair at the City Lines Hali shipyard and will sail to the Mediterranean upon completion.

Agriculture and Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumaklı announced that 75 million 877 thousand liras of agricultural support payments will be transferred to farmers' accounts. "As part of our projects for the development of the agricultural sector and production of certified seeds, today we will transfer 75 million 877 thousand liras to the accounts of our farmers," the minister wrote on social media.

According to a program developed by the government, newlyweds in Turkey will be given an interest-free 5-year loan of 150,000 liras with a deferred repayment for 2 years. It is reported that the program will operate on a permanent basis and the amount of the loan, which can be taken by newlyweds, will be indexed to the current inflation rate.

Migration Service of Turkey has confirmed the increase in the threshold of real estate value for obtaining residence permit on tapu to 200.000 dollars. According to the new rules for obtaining a residence permit on tapu must be cadastral value of real estate, specified in the tapu, should not be less than 200.000 dollars. In this case, the value of several properties are not summarized. To foreigners who bought real estate in the period from 26.04.2022 to 16.10.2023, the new rules do not apply and they will receive / extend residence permit under the old rules.

TOKI's Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change will hold an auction to sell 462 plots of land in 42 provinces. The auction will be held on November 1-2. It will sell land plots intended for residential, commercial, industrial, tourism and other facilities. The lands can be purchased for cash or with a 35% down payment and a repayment period of up to 48 months.

G zde Özkorul, director general for foreigners at the Migration Directorate, has been relieved of her post as part of the Presidential Appointments Decrees published in the country's Official Gazette.

A press conference was held for the 4th International Presidential Regatta, which will be held on October 27-29 under the auspices of the Presidency and with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Ministry of Youth and Sports and in cooperation with the Istanbul Governorate.

Yılmaz G ler, Chief Physician of Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat Üniversitesi (ALKÜ) State Research Hospital Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat Üniversitesi (ALKÜ), announced the hiring of 30 doctors of different specialties. A hematologist, a plastic surgery doctor, an adult allergist-immunologist, a dermatologist, 2 cardiovascular surgeons, 5 pediatricians, 2 cardiologists, a general surgery specialist, an otolaryngologist, 14 general practitioners and forensic medicine specialists have been hired. Thanks to the recruitment of new staff, the hospital was able to open an adult allergology department and the first pulmonology rehabilitation department in the region.

Business services platform Synergia and Co-Founder.Work have signed a strategic cooperation agreement and increased the number of offices they serve in Istanbul to three. Co-Founder.Work offices will become more accessible to entrepreneurs in Istanbul. The roadmap of the established cooperation also includes opening an office in the US in the first half of 2024.

The book fair, held for the 8th time this year, opened its doors to the book lovers of Mersin. The fair is organized with the cooperation of Mersin Municipality, Mersin Governor, Provincial Directorate of Public Education, Yenisehir Municipality, Mersin Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MTSO) and with the support of KOSGEB. At the Municipality's booth, children are given books by local authors. The authors answer readers' questions and leave autographs. The fair awaits visitors until October 22 inclusive at the Yenisehir Exhibition Center.

Turkish edition of H rriyet published a list of districts of Istanbul according to the average cost of housing, average cost of rent and monthly price increase in each district. The most expensive districts of the metropolis in terms of housing costs were:Sarıyer - 8 million 600 thousand lirasBakırk y - 7 million lirasKadık y - 7 million 200 thousand lirasPrince Islands - 5 million 700 thousand liras