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The popularity of Turkish TV series is contributing to the growing interest in Türkiye among Serbian citizens, Turkish Ambassador to Serbia Hami Aksoy has expressed, adding that the appeal of these series has led to an increased desire among viewers to visit Istanbul.

An industry representative claimed that Turkish TV shows have attained outstanding global success, revealing staggering episode revenue figures ranging from $300,000 to $700,000 in various countries.

In recent years, Turkish TV series have reached record sales not only in the country, but also globally, while exported series gained millions of international audiences.

Famous Turkish canto singer, theater and cinema actress Nurhan Damcıoğlu has died at the age of 82 in İzmir due to heart failure. She had been receiving treatment for a while.

The top management of Turkey's flag carrier, Turkish Airlines, was overhauled on Jan. 27 after three members of its board and executive committee, including chairperson İlker Aycı, resigned from their posts.

Ahmet Bolat has been appointed new chairman of Turkish Airlines' board and executive committee, a statement after a board meeting on Jan. 27 said.

Turkish police in a joint border duty with Serbian authorities on the Croatian border reportedly caught 125 irregular migrants trying to illegally cross into EU countries.

According to a statement by the Turkish Embassy in Belgrade, over the past 40 days, a total of 125 migrants who illegally entered Turkish cargo trucks have been held.

Istanbul will host a new international contemporary art fair called '"Artcontact" between May 31 and June 6 at the Avrasya Arts Center.

Atis, the company that has been organizing the ArtAnkara Contemporary Art Fair in the capital for seven years, will organize the Artcontact Contemporary Art Fair this year.

Ankara on March 24 denounced recent remarks by the French president about Turkey and its leader, calling them "unacceptable".

Turkey has protested a German frigate deployed under Operation Irini by the European Union that carried out an "unauthorized" search on a Turkish cargo ship in the eastern Mediterranean, which was carrying humanitarian aid to Libya.

Turkey slammed Greece on Aug. 11 over systematically closing down Turkish minority schools in the country's Western Thrace region, depriving the minority of the education of their choosing.

Turkey on June 11 criticized the U.S. Department of State's 2019 Report on International Religious Freedom as "written in a language far from objectivity."

Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy said in a statement that the report's contents on Turkey included "claims without sources."