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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a 500-million-euro financing to support the regions affected by last year's devastating earthquakes.

The agreement regarding the new financing was signed between the Treasury and Finance Ministry and the development bank.

Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek has said in a New Year's message that the positive results of the government's economic program will be achieved in 2024.

Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek has dismissed claims that the Central Bank intervened in foreign exchange rates by selling its reserves.

The Treasury and the Central Bank are working to make Turkish Lira instruments more attractive, Şimşek wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Facebook owner Meta's new Threads app, meant to compete with Twitter, was available for pre-order on mobile app stores on iPhone and Android operating systems on July 3.

Listed as "Threads, an Instagram app," the new program should be available in the coming days, and is described on Apple's app store as "Instagram's text-based conversation app."

The familiar yellow-bordered cover of the monthly National Geographic will no longer be for sale on newsstands starting next year, part of cutbacks affecting the venerable magazine.

The company's focus is turning to its digital product and it will offer special editions on newsstands, a spokesman said on Thursday. Subscribers will still get a printed copy each month.

Twitter has reported that revenue and its user base grew less than expected, but the platform stuck with ambitious growth targets for the coming years.

Neil Young's music will be removed from Spotify at his request, following the veteran rock star's protest over the streaming service airing a popular podcast that featured a figure criticized for spreading COVID misinformation.

Spotify, in a statement on Jan. 26, said that it regretted Young's decision, "but hope to welcome him back soon."

Flag carrier Turkish Airlines has temporarily suspended all flights to Israel, the airline announced on Jan. 25. 

Under the suspension, there are no Turkish Airlines flights to or from Israel for the period Jan. 26 to Jan. 31, said the company on Twitter.

The reason for that is the announcement of the initiation of Trump's impeachment, even after the social network Twitter permanently shut down his account.

Twitter banned President Donald Trump's account on Jan. 8, citing "the risk of further incitement of violence" following the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.