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Turkish Airlines on July 14 registered a new low-cost subsidiary, AJet Air Transport Joint Stock Company, with authorized capital of 450 million liras ($17.2 million). Turkish Airlines is using its low-cost carrier AnadoluJet as its base, which currently has a fleet of four A320s, twelve A321s, seven B737-8s and forty-six B737-800s. The company will be the first full-fledged Turkish low-cost carrier and will compete with Europe's Easyjet, Germanwings and Ryanair.

According to the statement of Antalya Governor Ersin Yazıcı, the number of tourists arriving in Antalya by air exceeded 100 thousand people per day in July 2023. Most of the tourists arrived through Antalya airports, which brings in the bulk of the revenue for Turkey's tourism industry. However, the passenger traffic of Gazipasa airport also increased significantly. More than 7 million people have already visited Antalya resorts this year. It is predicted that this season the total number of tourists will reach 14-15 million. Despite the increase in the cost of tours, the most tourists arrived from Russia (30% more than last year).

Dr. Yalcin Eyig n, General Manager for Infrastructure Investments at the Turkish Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, said that the project is an environmentally friendly and highly efficient railroad. The project aims to connect Mersin, Turkey's second largest container port, with the country's inland cities of Adana, Osmaniye and Gaziantep. In addition, its implementation will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 150 thousand tons per year.

Turkish statistical institute TurkStat has published data on international migration in the country. According to the data, the number of people emigrating from Turkey increased by 62.3% compared to 2021, while the number of people emigrating from abroad to Turkey decreased by 33.2%.

The second phase of the Dr. Devlet Bah eli Beach Park in Anamur district of Mersin has been completed and put into operation. Anamur Mayor Hidayet Kılın said that the project was fully realized with funds from the municipality. The park has bicycle and pedestrian paths, basketball and volleyball courts, as well as an amphitheater and parking lot. At the opening ceremony, he congratulated the citizens on the completion of the second phase of the project and thanked the staff for their work. He also said the municipality will continue to work on improving the region's shoreline to make it more attractive in terms of tourism.

The inauguration ceremony of the airport in Ercan, located 20 km from Nicosia, was held in the TRNC. It is stated that after the reconstruction, during which the old terminal was replaced by a new modern building with an area of 128 thousand m2, the airport will be able to receive up to 10 million passengers a year. The 3200 m long and 45 m wide runway is suitable for all types of aircraft. In total, more than 400 million euros were spent on the reconstruction of the airport.

A team of scientists led by Quentin Atkinson, a specialist in evolutionary biology from the University of Auckland in New Zealand, conducted a study analyzing more than 100 modern and ancient languages using computer methods. After that they concluded that Anatolia (the territory of modern Turkey) is the birthplace of Indo-European languages, which nowadays are spoken by more than 3 billion people.

The new mall, located 13 km from the center of Alanya, offers the following brands: Madame Coco, Defacto, Mavi, Boyner outlet, Pierre Cardin, Rossman, GAP, Jack Jones, National Geographic, Ecrou, Özdilek, Levi*s, Calvin Klein, Bulldozer, Fossil, Adidas, Scechers, Tommy Hilfiger, Nike, Under Armour, Nautica, U.S.Polo ASSN..., United Colors of Benetton, Aeropostale, B G store, David Jones, Fabrika, Lee Cooper. Gloria Jeans and Dagi will be opened in the nearest future. There is also a Burger King fast food restaurant, a Migros supermarket, a souvenir store and a pharmacy in the shopping center.

Alanya Municipality has completed the construction of the Hapıllar Children's Park. The park has an area of 2500 m2 and includes a children's playground, fitness equipment, table tennis, basketball court, gazebos with benches, garbage garbage cans, parking lot, toilet and a decorative windmill. The park is located in Payallar East at 14135 G k eler Street.

Alanya Mayor Adem Murat Yucel announced that the 17th National Oil Wrestling Festival (G kbel Yaylası Yağlı Pehlivan G reşleri) will be held on August 12 and 13 on the G kbel Plateau. Turkish g reş oil fights are one of the oldest sports. The first fights were held in 1361 in Edirne (Kırpkınar). The Kırpkınar Festival is considered the largest g reş festival in Turkey. It is even listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest competition in terms of time.

Yenişihir Municipality continues to work on creating comfortable conditions for stray animals in the urban environment. On the territory of the Mersin University campus, a spacious room is being built on a 7500 m2 plot of land for them, where they will be fed and given the necessary medical care.

In Alanya during a special operation law enforcement agencies detained fraudsters who fraudulently obtained 500 million Turkish liras from citizens. The fraudsters promised customers a 5% monthly income and they quietly transferred large sums to the accounts of the attackers, however, the company turned out to be a regular pyramid scheme. During the search in the office of the company 40 cell phones, 15 computers, 5 tablets and 34 debt receipts were seized. As part of the investigation, 7 suspects were detained, including one woman.