Antalya

The European Union has long since lost its credibility on the Cyprus issue, Turkey's foreign minister said on July 22.

Over the last two weeks, the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya, the pearl of the Turkish Riviera, welcomed over 307,000 Russian tourists, according to official data.

A total of 1,095 airplanes from Russia landed at Antalya Airport in the last two weeks, said Provincial Culture and Tourism Directorate data released Monday.

Turkey saw 552,812 houses sold in the first half of 2021, the country's statistical authority said on July 12. 

The number of residential properties sold in the country fell 11.5% year-on-year in January-June, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) data showed.

The institute noted that 167,878 new houses were sold across the country, while the rest were second-hand sales.

Turkey's oldest Kırkpınar Oil Wrestling Festival started in the northwestern province of Edirne on July 9 and will continue through the weekend, marking its 660th anniversary.

Some 2,160 wrestlers will compete at a field in Sarayiçi, one of Edirne's most crucial recreational sites.

Turkey's Mediterranean resort city of Antalya, one of the famous tourism destinations of the world, hosted over 1.5 million tourists in the first six months of 2021, tourism sector authorities said on July 7.

Hand-woven carpets lying in fields for sterilization and gaining their pastel colors in the sun create colorful images in Turkey's Mediterranean resort city of Antalya. (AA Photo)

Brnik – Air carriers keep returning to Ljubljana airport as, after more than a one-year break due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a Brussels Airlines aircraft touched down at Brnik again on Monday. The flag carrier of Belgium currently operates three flights a week to and from Ljubljana, and the number of flights is expected to increase.

The first group of Russian tourists arrived in Turkey's southern province of Antalya, as Moscow resumed full-scale air traffic with Turkey on June 22. 

On April 15, Russia had temporarily suspended regular and charter flights with Turkey due to COVID-19 concerns. After a two-month break, Russian tourists started to come to Turkey again.

Turkey has huge investment and earning potential in the tourism sector, said the country's president on June 19. 

Looking ahead to Russian tourists possibly resuming visits to Turkey, a delegation from Moscow on June 17 began looking into Turkey's extensive safety measures to protect against COVID-19.