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The 10th International Cycling Festival, organized by the Mersin Cycling Association with the support of Mersin Metropolitan Municipality, kicked off in Mersin. As part of the festival, Mersin Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Vahap Secher welcomed the cyclists and emphasized the importance of the sport.

According to the new salary grid, the minimum salary of a civil servant will be 33025.50 liras. For example, the salary of a teacher will be 39981 liras and that of a nurse with higher education will be 39660 liras. The amount of the minimum pension of a civil servant is 14814 liras, while the regular pension is 11250 liras. The minimum wage will be 17104.50 liras.

The President's Office of Investment Management has published the message "Invest in Turkey" on digital billboards in Times Square to promote Turkey's potential. "Turkey is your trusted investment partner," the tabloids read. The messages were posted at regular intervals for 3 days throughout the week as the city hosted visitors from around the world for the 78th United Nations (UN) General Assembly.

This was announced by the head of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic Mehmet Şimşek on air of NTV TV channel. This amount the World Bank will provide Turkey for the implementation of a 3-year economic program. The medium-term economic program was announced by Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz in Ankara and broadcast by all local TV channels. "The inflation forecast is 65% for the end of 2023, 33% for 2024, 15.2% for 2025 and 8.5% for 2026," Cevdet Yılmaz said.

9 Turkish universities have been ranked among the world's top 500 universities according to the CWTS Leiden Ranking 2023. A total of 206 universities in Turkey were evaluated and 9 of them managed to make it to the Leiden list:

The most expensive neighborhood was Sarıyer and the cheapest was Esenyurt. The average cost of housing in the metropolitan area was 4,677,923 liras

"The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Turkey raised the discount rate - the one-week auction repo rate - by 500 basis points to 30%," the Turkish central bank said in a statement. Experts had predicted a more cautious increase.

The cost of the mansion is estimated at 18 million dollars. It is located in the district of Uskudar on the shore of the Bosphorus Strait. On a plot of 9600 m2 there are buildings of 2000 m2. Now the mansion is undergoing repair work. It is known that Abramovich has already received permission to build a helipad.

The Ministry of Commerce has tightened inspections in the fight against price speculation in the housing sector. Recently, a fine of 349,000 liras was imposed on an illegal realtor who advertised an apartment with a market value of 2.1 to 2.3 million liras for a price of 3.87 million liras in Mamak, Ankara. The fine, was a precedent-setting decision against realtors distorting the market with high prices. Apparently, this time the government has really started to fight against "realtors" working without licenses, certificates and work permits.

It is expected that in October 2023, the Turkish Parliament will introduce a preferential mortgage lending program, under which citizens who are first-time buyers of real estate will be able to get a preferential loan for 180 months at 1.2% per annum.

Minister of Labor and Social Security Vedat Yışıhan, speaking to reporters in Ankara, announced the increase in civil servants' salaries and pensions and other regulations.

Sand lilies have bloomed on the beach of Alata Horticultural Research Institute in Erdemli district of Mersin. Nature conservation and national parks teams carried out the flower care work. Mevl t Çetin, head of the Erdemli General Directorate of Nature Protection and National Parks, told reporters that sand lilies are endangered. Emphasizing that sand lilies should not be plucked, Çetin reminded of the amount of fine for plucking the flower, "We will impose a fine of 244,315 liras on those who pluck and destroy sand lilies. I hope that citizens will be attentive to the protection of sand lilies."