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The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has finalized its nominations for mayoral candidates across İzmir province, including both the metropolitan municipality and its districts, in preparation for the upcoming elections.

A flute played 88 years ago by Zahit Özsezen, a solo flutist in the early years of the Turkish Republic, has been found in the U.S.

The wooden flute, called Non-Boehm, which Özsezen used about a century ago, has recently returned to the Turkish capital from California.

The second written exam of the first semester in the 2023-2024 academic year will take place as a joint exam in mathematics and Turkish language and literature for sixth and ninth graders across Türkiye on Dec. 26-27 for the first time.

Depending on the outcome and success of the pilot test, the National Education Ministry will apply the practice to other subjects.

In the case of musician Onur Şener, who was killed on Oct. 2, 2022, in a bar where he performed, the court has sentenced two perpetrators to 25 years in prison for deliberate murder with time off for good behavior.

Bu yıla özel olarak 200 milyon liralık büyük ikramiyenin tamamı dağıtım garantili olacak. Yani bilet payına bakılmaksızın, Büyük Ikramiye, isabet ettiği satılan bilet ya da biletler arasında eşit olarak paylaştırılacak. Ayrıca Milli Piyango Yılbaşı Çekilişi, büyük ikramiye satılan bilete çıkana kadar devam edecek.

The tumuli built about 2,000 years ago for important people in the northwestern province of Kocaeli's İzmit district, where the ancient structures are located, have been struggling to survive for centuries, and the tombs, surrounded by grass, need to be brought to tourism.

The camping sites in Istanbul, which offer an alternative vacation in tents with "fair prices," have become a new trend in the metropolis, with people flocking to the sites in the districts of Şile, Çatalca and Sarıyer.

"The occupancy rate of the camping sites in Istanbul has reached 80 percent for the Eid holiday next week," Demirören News Agency reported on April 29.

Turkey has started mass production of 122 domestically designed patrol boats to secure the country's coasts, the project's in charge said on Oct. 3. 

The boats will be supplied by the defense and shipbuilding industry to the Coast Guard Command and General Directorate of Security.

The project is run by ARES Shipyard in the southern province of Antalya.

Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy on Sept. 4 reaffirmed the government's annual target of 25 million foreign tourists.

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"We are not doing badly. We are still committed to our target of 25 million tourists and $20 billion in revenues that we announced at the start of the season," he said during a press conference at Istanbul's Maiden Tower.

İş Sanat's classical music concerts will continue with Trio Patara. Lelya Bayramoğulları (flute), Aslıhan Güngör (harp) and Nurdan Küçükekmekçi (soprano) will meet the art lovers tonight with a special repertoire from Gabriel Fauré to Aşık Veysel.