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The total number of mobile phone subscribers in Türkiye was 92.8 million in the third quarter of 2023, corresponding to a 108.8 penetration rate, according to a report by the telecommunication watchdog BTK.

Türkiye's leading mobile operator Turkcell plans to invest $240 million in renewable energy, said Murat Erkan, the company's General Manager.

The company's solar energy power plants with a total installed capacity of 300 MW will come online in the next three years, according to Erkan.

An exhibition of masterpieces owned by a Russian art collector has attracted a near-record number of visitors in Paris, but the war in Ukraine may make it the last of its kind for a while.

The "Morozov Collection," which includes works by Van Gogh, Cezanne, Matisse and Monet, clocked up 1.25 million visitors at the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris, the center said on April 11.

British energy giant BP announced on Feb. 27 that it was pulling its 19.75-percent stake in Rosneft following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

London-based BP has held a 19.75 percent stake in Rosneft since 2013. That stake was valued at $14 billion at the time of the announcement.

Turkey's largest library, set to be inaugurated in the capital Ankara on Feb. 20, will feature 4 million printed books and offer disabled-friendly services starting right from the carpark to the library.

Murat Erkan, the acting CEO of Turkey's largest mobile operator Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri, purchased total of 38,000 Turkcell shares at the price of 13.54 Turkish Liras (around $2.5) on March 18, the company said in a statement.

Turkey's largest mobile operator Turkcell increased its net income by 2 percent to 2.02 billion Turkish Liras in 2018.

Turkey's leading GSM operator Turkcell and Finland-based mobile phone giant Nokia have signed an agreement to develop new technologies, Turkcell announced on Sept. 7. 

Turkcell Board Chairman Ahmet Akca has been elected to the National Investment Council of Ukraine—a country where Lifecell is one of the most important investors.

Fintur, jointly owned by Telia Company and Turkcell, has agreed to sell its 51.3 percent holding in Azertel, the sole shareholder of the Azeri telecommunications operator Azercell, to Azintelecom, a company wholly-owned by the Republic of Azerbaijan.