Demirören News Agency
Rent prices in Antalya skyrocket due to war
Housing rent prices in the Mediterranean province of Antalya have skyrocketed from 2,500 to around 10,000 Turkish Liras (from $170 to nearly $680) due to high demand from Ukrainians and Russians, Antalya Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ATSO) executive Mustafa Ayanoğlu has said.
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Afghan becomes shepherd in Turkey’s east to raise bride price
A 25-year-old Afghan citizen has started working as a shepherd in the eastern province of Tunceli to raise enough bride price to marry his beloved he left behind in his home country.
"I will save money and marry the woman I love until the end of summer in Afghanistan," Abdullah Muhammedi told Demirören News Agency on April 20.
U.S. journalist detected trying to collect secret info from Turkish army
A U.S. journalist, banned from entering Turkey since 2016, has been detected trapping many Turkish citizens, including military personnel, on social media with a motive to gather confidential information about the movements and status of the Turkish military in Libya, Syria and Azerbaijan, Demirören News Agency reported on April 19.
Heavy snowfall blankets Turkey’s east in mid-April
Turkey's eastern provinces have been hit by heavy snowfalls in the middle of April, with the snow depth reaching some 20 centimeters in the center of Kars, a province bordering Armenia.
"People swim at the Aegean coasts, we are shoveling snow here in April," Güven Öztürk, a resident of Kars, told Demirören News Agency on April 13.
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Famous Adana kebab launched into space, reaches stratosphere
A kebab chef in the southern province of Adana has attempted to send a dish of "boru kebabı," roughly called "pipe kebab," into space with a weather balloon, which exploded in the stratosphere after a three-hour flight and fell into the Mediterranean Sea.
"I am a man who likes to make firsts," Yaşar Aydın told Demirören News Agency on April 12.
Sanitation workers with bikes on roads in Konya
Sanitation workers in the Central Anatolian province of Konya, known as the "cycling city of Turkey," have started working on specially designed bikes built in the city's industrial zone.
The city has a bicycle road of 550 kilometers, the longest in Turkey and the second-longest in the world after New York, the U.S.
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Women’s team formed to prevent ‘child marriages’ storms in league
A women's football team established in the eastern province of Ağrı by the provincial directorate of family and social policies to promote sports among girls and prevent early marriages has become a regional giant with four wins in five matches this season.
German cyclist rides in Turkey after traveling to 11 countries
A German engineer who has pedaled to 11 countries in Europe in the last two years has arrived in the southern province of Antalya after entering Turkey via the Greek border in December 2021.
Father wants daughter’s murderer’s body to be exhumed
Süreyya Karabulut, the father of Münevver Karabulut, who was brutally murdered 13 years ago in Istanbul, has made a legal application to exhume the body of his daughter's murderer with the suspicion that he is still alive.
Turkish couple sets sail for world tour with catamaran
A Turkish couple has started a five-year-long world tour with their catamaran on April 10, with local officials bidding farewell to them in a small ceremony in the southern province of Antalya.
Özlem and Özkan Şahin got married in the province's Finike district in 2014 and have been living in their catamaran since then.