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Sunflower fields decimated by sweltering heat: Expert

Thrace's sunflower production, which supplies a sizeable share of the nation's oil needs, has become inefficient as a result of the extreme heat, an expert has said.

It was reported that sunflowers in Thrace are under stress due to the sweltering temperatures in the region, meaning that the crops' development and productivity are adversely affected.

Land-grabbers pillaging dried lakes, dams

Racketeers are exploiting legal loopholes to grab lands on lakes and around dams that are drying due to drought and leasing them out for commercial agricultural activities, daily Milliyet has reported.

Those lands, which emerge when water levels in lakes or dams recede, are very fertile but they normally belong to the General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works (DSİ).

Authority bans saying implying ‘water is cheap’ inhouse

 

The deputy director of Turkey's General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works has banned the saying "Sudan Ucuz," which means "cheaper than water," from being used inhouse, drawing attention to climate change.

"This saying is now history here. Water is more expensive than anything and, in fact, everything," Kaya Yıldız told daily Milliyet.

Jazz concert at Atlı Köşk

Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum (SSM) will host a concert titled "Jazz at Atlı Köşk."

The concert, to be performed by the Çağıl Kaya Trio, will meet music lovers on Turkish state channel TRT2 on Dec. 28 at 7 p.m. and on SSM's YouTube channel on Dec. 29 at 8:30 p.m.

Information on Erdoğan's chief advisors cannot be released, Turkish presidency says

The Turkish presidency has declined to answer a question on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's chief advisors submitted by a main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) deputy, saying the issue did not concern the public and is irrelevant to an act on the right to information. 

One year in jail demanded for McDonalds' employee who threw boiled water on boy in Istanbul

The Istanbul Chief Prosecutor's Office has demanded up to one-and-a-half year in jail for an employee at a McDonalds' branch who threw boiling water on a seven-year-old boy in Istanbul.

Mutlu Haceroğlu threw boiled water on Polat Kara at the restaurant in Istanbul's upscale Nişantaşı district on May 9. 

'Dust Cloth' chosen Best Film at Istanbul Film Festival

The 35th Istanbul Film Festival, organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV), presented this year's awards at a ceremony at the Haliç Congress Center on April 15.

The Golden Tulip for the Best Film in the National Competition of the festival went to "Toz Bezi" (Dust Cloth), directed by Ahu Öztürk, who received the award from the jury head, Müjde Ar.

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