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Couple goes for 5-year round-the-world tour
A couple has set sail for a five-year round-the-world tour on their yacht with a special ceremony in the southern province of Antalya.
"This was my childhood dream," Sezgin Tekin, a 63-year-old lawyer, told İhlas News Agency on June 16, just before the departure.
His wife, Betül Tekin, a 59-year-old retired teacher, will accompany him on this journey.
Number of elderly people rises by 24 pct in 5 years: Minister
The number of the elderly people in Türkiye has risen by 24 percent in the last five years, the country's family and social services minister has said.
Derya Yanık made a presentation to the U.N. European Economic Commission's "Ageing Conference," held in Italy's capital Rome, about the latest data on the country's elderly people.
HASC Chairman: Turkey “not coming back” to F-35 program as NATO trade
As Turkey blocks Sweden and Finland’s entry into NATO, the F-35 is not a carrot the US will dangle, Adam Smith says
Ahlat looking for lost book on its history
The local municipality in the district of Ahlat, in the eastern province of Bitlis, is offering a prize of 60,000 Turkish Liras (around $35,000) for a lost book, which sheds light on the town's history.
Ahlat is known as the place where the conquest of Anatolia began from and is home to very distinctive tombstones and other historical structures.