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The weekly COVID-19 incidence rates in Turkey's largest city Istanbul and Ankara declined, while İzmir, the third most populous province, saw an increase in infections, data from the country's Health Ministry have shown.

Bill Gates, Microsoft founder and one of the richest men in the world, has celebrated his birthday with some exclusive people, including his fellow super-rich billionaire Jeff Bezos, in a private birthday party held in a Turkish cove.

A woman, who has worked as a textile engineer for six years in the western province of İzmir, has quit her job to start a new life in the southwestern province of Muğla as a beekeeper.

"I recommend beekeeping to all women entrepreneurs. Women can do everything," Aslı Temiz told state-run Anadolu Agency.

Archaeologists in southern Turkey are working to turn the ancient city of Soli Pompeiopolis into an open-air museum, or an archaeopark, the head of excavations at the site has said.

"Our aim is to establish the connection between the areas we're excavating and turn this place into an archaeopark," archeologist Remzi Yağcı said at the dig site in the province of Mersin.

Turkey's Health Ministry has launched a probe following allegations by an expert that a baby was mistakenly given a COVID-19 vaccine.

The issue became a hotly debated matter after a professor earlier suggested that at some community health centers' coronavirus jabs are being administered to babies.

Homes being developed for the victims of the devastating earthquake that took place in October last year in the western province of İzmir will start to be delivered to their owners at the end of next month.

The government launched the large-scale housing project for those whose homes were totally destroyed or heavily damaged in the tremor.

Officials at the Treasury and Finance Ministry are studying a proposal to launch a scheme that would allow private companies to build homes and lease them out to boost dwelling unit supply and to curb excessive rent increases.

The Turkish Coast Guard rescued a total of 172 asylum seekers off İzmir province since Aug. 30. 

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On Aug. 29, 72 asylum seekers were rescued near Menderes district in İzmir after being pushed back by Greek coastal authorities.

New COVID-19 cases among children between the ages of five and 17 have been increasing after a period of stability during the summer, according to a prominent health professional.

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The life story of Turkish folk music legend Neşet Ertaş, who is fondly remembered as the "Bozkırın Tezenesi" (Voice of Prairie) in the country and was declared as a living human treasure by UNESCO before he died, will be made into a biopic.

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