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The "Cleopatra Cycling Festival", which will be held on October 13-14-15 in Tarsus, invites all cycling enthusiasts. In this special event, cycling enthusiasts can have fun and experience the beauties of Mersin by bike. The festival will start with a bike ride through the city center and will continue with excursions around the city and the surrounding area for 3 days. Phone number to apply for participation: +90 506 297 55 62

Alanya Governor Fatih Urkmezer issued a statement on social media announcing the beginning of the evacuation of cars with expired foreign license plates. In his statement, Urkmezer said: "The cars detected by our officers with foreign license plates that have expired in Alanya have been evacuated and taken to the customs office. The inspections will continue uninterrupted." Be careful! Observe the rules and terms of stay in Turkey!

The zoning plan for Kızlarpınarı Street has been finalized. The purpose of the project, which envisages increasing the width of the road from 12 meters to 18 meters, is to relieve the city's transport network, reduce traffic density and ensure comfortable movement.

Antalya Governor Hulusi Şahin, Alanya District Governor Dr. Fatih Urkmezer, Alanya Mayor Adem Murat Yucel, Antalya National Education Director Salih Kaygusuz and Alanya National Education Director Yusuf Yılmaz signed a protocol at the Alanya District Administration. According to the signed protocol, Alanya Municipality will build a new 24-grade secondary school in Konaklı district and hand it over to the Ministry of Education.

The second Mersin Youth Festival is just days away. The festival is organized under the coordination of the Department of Culture and Social Affairs. Residents and guests of Mersin and neighboring cities are expected at Özgecan Aslan Square on October 13-14. The festival program includes DJ performances, master classes, competitions, sports and entertainment events. Popular artists Zeynep Bastık and K fn will perform concerts on the first day of the festival, while Aleina Tilki and Jeza will perform on the second day.

Çagatay Ulusoy, a famous Turkish actor, signed a contract to star in the TV series "Ruthless". The actor's fee amounted to 2 million liras. Thus, Çağatay became the highest paid actor in the country. The series will be broadcast on FOX TV. Fans loved the actor after the series "Tide", "Inside", "I Called Her Feriha", "Yeshilcham", "Call My Manager".

Throughout the season, zero waste trainings were held in the city's hotels by trainers and engineering staff of Alanya Cleaning Department.Within the framework of the works started at the beginning of the season under the slogan "Clean Alanya", Alanya Municipality conducted zero waste trainings in 375 hotels. Thanks to the Zero Waste trainings, savings were achieved in hotels where there was a very high turnover of waste, and nature and environment were protected.

The local media is full of headlines about a new bill according to which it will become practically impossible to rent an apartment for short-term rent. We are talking about the following innovations: A special sign with relevant information will have to be installed on the short-term rented apartment A license must be obtained from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. The consent of all residents of the building must be obtained

The sculptors who will take part in the 18th Alanya International Sculpture Festival organized by Alanya Municipality and Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University have been selected. The festival, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of our republic, will start on November 1 on the square next to the Municipality building and will last until November 30. Applications for participation in the festival were submitted by 55 sculptors from 27 countries. At the jury meeting chaired by Prof. B lent Çınar from Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, 10 sculptors were selected to participate in the festival: Ayhan Yılmaz - Turkey Berta Shortiss - Switzerland Bouaziz Mohamed - Tunisia

Mersin Municipality supported small-scale fishermen by providing them with fishing equipment and outfit free of charge. Under the "Material Support for Small Fishing Farms" program, 372 fishermen from Erdemli, Silifke and Anamur received free fishing rods, raincoats, boots, boat paint and more.

Excavations have begun in the Tarsus district of Mersin, where a tomb believed to date back to the Roman period has been discovered. It was found during the excavation of the foundation of the office building of the district police headquarters in 1993 in the Duatepe neighborhood. The work is being carried out under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Directorate of the Tarsus Museum. A 6-member team under the scientific supervision of Deniz Kaplan, Associate Professor of the Department of Archaeology at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of Mersin University, is taking part in the excavations. He noted that the history of Tarsus is thousands of years old and still hides many mysteries and said that the excavation works will last about 3 months.

China Eastern Airlines started operating regular direct flights on the Shanghai-Stambul route on September 28. The agreement was signed in Shanghai thanks to the joint efforts of Turkish Airlines and China Eastern Airlines.