Gaziantep

The main opposition party leader, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, has expressed his confidence that Türkiye will enter in a new era after the May 14 polls in which President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the joint oppositional candidate will race for the presidency.

The players of ALG Spor, which has clinched the trophy in the Turkcell Women's Süper Lig, have dedicated the championship to a male British Shorthair cat named "Casper," that became the team's mascot through the season.

"Casper is the only male in the team," said goalkeeper Selda Akgöz who is also the owner of the 1-year-old cat.

Abosede Ruth, a 25-year-old Nigerian national, has been enrolled in a culinary school in the southeastern province of Gaziantep for four months.

She is planning to open a restaurant in Canada after completing the eight-month training and an eight-month internship program.

"I love cooking and tasting. I want to be a big chef and I want to open a restaurant in Canada," she said.

Turkish children are not the only ones celebrating Children's Day in Turkey on April 23, which Mustafa Kemal Atatürk dedicated to all children of the world, but also children from Syria and different nationalities, who came to Turkey fleeing wars in their countries, also enjoy this day.

A city in southeastern Turkey joined the Green Cities program of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), according to an official statement on Nov. 2.

The Turkish coffee will be promoted in the U.S. through a documentary filmed by a Turkish foundation in seven cities of the country where the strong drink is prepared in different ways.

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The documentary titled "Turkish Coffee Tales of Anatolia" will be screened by the Turkish Coffee Lady Foundation on the occasion of World Turkish Coffee Day on Dec. 5.

Scores of provinces across Turkey on Aug. 2 experienced power outages that authorities say were due to high demand, supply and transmission problems.

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The journey of a 3.5-meter-tall puppet en route to the U.K., prepared as part of a project titled "The Walk" that is sharing the life story of Little Amal, a 9-year-old Syrian refugee, will begin in the southeastern province of Gaziantep.

The Union of Municipalities of Turkey (TBB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and the International Labor Organization (ILO) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) yesterday to promote more accessible childcare to encourage women's participation in the labor force.

Turkey's health minister says his country has no plans to make vaccination against the new coronavirus mandatory but will work to convince the public about the safety of the vaccines.