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Turkey in phone diplomacy to assure 70 countries of its tourism safety

Turkey started to carry out telephone diplomacy with 70 countries to inform them about the country's health infrastructure over the pandemic, the culture and tourism minister said on May 18. 

Turkey in a certification system detailed that the country is a safe place for tourism, regarding measures against COVID-19, said Mehmet Nuri Ersoy in a written statement.

More than 350,000 people learned to read, write in 2018: Minister

Some 358,931 people have learned to read and write as part of the "Mobilization for Literacy" campaign launched by the Education Ministry in February 2018, Education Minister Ziya Selçuk has said in response to a parliamentary question submitted by main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) lawmaker Mehmet Ali Çelebi.