Aegean

Afro-Turks living in the Aegean province of İzmir have celebrated their traditional festival, Dana Bayramı (Calf Feast), with an event held by local authorities.

As part of the opening ceremony of the festival, Afro-Turks gathered on Kıbrıs Şehitleri Caddesi, which is the most popular and busiest street in the port city, marched and danced in their traditional clothes.

A woman lost her life as a garden wall collapsed on her due to severe storms that hit three of Turkey's Aegean and Marmara provinces on June 23, blowing roofs away, toppling trees and threatening the safety of people living in the region.

These powerful storms severely impacted the Marmara province of Balıkesir and the Aegean provinces of Aydın and Manisa.

Turkey's renewables expansion, driven by hydro, wind and solar energies, places the province of İzmir as a leader in wind power and Konya as a pioneer in solar energy, data compiled by the state-run Anadolu Agency reveals.

Of the country's total renewables capacity of 50,990 megawatts (MW), hydropower stood at 31,280 MW, wind power reached 9,543 MW and solar totaled 7,070 MW.

Turkey is set to extend the robust growth of 6 percent it recorded in the last quarter of 2019, the country's treasury and finance minister said March 9.

The election promises of the political parties will be more efficient than political views in the upcoming race fort he mayor seat in İzmir, according to Deniz Sipahi, the Hürriyet bureau chief in the Aegean province.