Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University

Türkiye's population, like the rest of the world, is aging and new social arrangements should be made to address the emerging needs of a shifting demographic, experts have said.

The population aged 65 and above reached around 8,722,000 people in 2023, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK).

Women workers who opened a workshop together to produce bocce balls after receiving relevant training as part of a project in the southern province of Burdur have received a massive order for 114,000 bocce balls from France.

Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy is confident that Turkey will meet a target to host a total of 52 million foreign tourists this year.

The newly founded tourism promotion agency will help Turkey to explore its potential and climb up higher in the rankings of the tourism league, the country's Tourism Minister Mehmet Ersoy said.

Construction work for the new Atatürk Cultural Center (AKM) in Istanbul may begin in February next year, Tourism and Culture Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said on Nov. 1.