Bartın

With heavy snowfall expected on the weekend in the western Black Sea and southeastern and eastern Anatolia regions, the Turkish State Meteorological Service has issued "yellow" and "orange" alerts for 31 out of the country's 81 provinces.

Several natural protected areas in Artvin, Van, Kayseri and Bartın provinces have been registered and declared as "sensitive areas to be strictly protected," according to a decree published in the Official Gazette.

Works are still ongoing in several Black Sea provinces after heavy downpours caused rapid flooding, while some of the highways closed to traffic have been reopened, with an expert warning that extreme weather conditions will continue to prevail as climate change is accelerating.

The exorbitant increases in real estate sales prices and rents over the past three years have led to radical changes in the areas where people buy and rent for necessity. At the same time, for small investors, the high prices have led to a search for new regions. As a result, Thrace has had a clear advantage in the residential land purchase graph for the last three years.

The "Lost Tulip," which became extinct in Anatolia in 1896, has bloomed again in the northern province of Bartın's Amasra district, its homeland, offering a mesmerizing site to look at with its beautiful red and orange tones.

More than 600 Russian tourists came to the northern province of Bartın's Amasra district with the Astoria Grande cruise ship, which approached the port for the 17th time, increasing the number of Russians visiting the district by cruise over 17,000 in the last 10 months.

Due to the heavy rainfall that started in the morning hours of May 17 and accidents that have occurred at some points of the city, traffic was jammed once again in Istanbul.

Citizens leaving their homes to go to work and school were stuck in heavy traffic. The traffic congestion occurred in both directions on Kadıköy D-100 Highway.

KADES, an emergency support application for women which directs security units to the place of violence in just minutes upon notification, has been downloaded by more than 5.2 million women since 2018, the country's interior minister Süleyman Soylu has said.

During the removal of dams that were built following the mine blast last year in the northern province of Bartın's Amasra district, a fire broke out as a result of a coal dust explosion on March 15.

The presence of methane gas and lack of adequate supervision were some of the reasons behind the unfortunate mine blast in which 42 workers lost their lives in the northern province of Bartın's Amasra district, says a report by the parliamentary commission established to investigate the incident.