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Property sales rise by 2 pct in Turkey, foreign demand declines

Property sales in Turkey rose by 2 percent on an annual basis in August, data from the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜİK) revealed on Sept. 23.

According to the institute, some 114,751 houses changed hands in Turkey last month, marking a 41 percent increase compared to July.      

Marvelous malva

Spring is all about greens. Foraging for edible wild greens seems like a new trend but in rural Anatolia it has been a strong tradition for ages, more precisely since the hunter-gatherers of the Paleolithic Karain Cave just north of the Mediterranean city of Antalya. This means about 200,000 years of foraging heritage, though Anatolian foliage must have changed drastically since then.

Turkey's hotel investments drop 42 percent in first quarter of 2016: Association

Hotel investments in Turkey plunged by 42 percent in the first quarter of the year from the same period of 2015, according to the Hotel Association of Turkey (TÜROB). 

Subsidy documents worth 645.3 million Turkish Liras were obtained for the establishment of 53 new hotel projects in 27 cities, according to a TÜROB statement released on May 5.

Musings on a gastronomy class

This year, "Restaurant Week" is being celebrated in seven cities of Turkey from April 1 through April 30. Gourmets have opportunities to discover new tastes in Istanbul, Ankara, ?zmir, Adana, Bursa, Antalya and Gaziantep where one can participate in activities such as Chef Table, Street Food&Street Jazz and Wine&Bite.

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