Camel

The last nomadic community in Türkiye, the Sarıkeçili Yörüks, who spend the summer months in the region known as the "summer pasture" in the Central Anatolia Region, have embarked on a journey with their camels to reach their winter homes after a six-month stay in Konya.

"With this heat, maybe I should ask my friends in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf for some camels," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis quipped in an interview with Skai TV on Wednesday night, commenting on a proposal for a mounted police force. "We don't need it. It's an interesting idea, but we don't need it right now," he added. 

A high-stakes camel beauty pageant in Saudi Arabia has been hit by a cheating scandal after 43 entrants were disqualified for botox injections and other cosmetic enhancements.

The King Abdulaziz Camel Festival is an annual Bedouin event held in the desert northeast of Riyadh that lures breeders from around the Gulf with prize money of up to $66 million.

Horses and camels in Cappadocia enjoy the quietness in the deserted region amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. (AA Photo)

Erol Bilgin has high hopes. His camel, Kara Elmas (Black Diamond), might not have won the beauty contest the day before, but it might well fare better in the main event, the wrestling competition.

SEKAP announced on Thursday that production of the products of new owner Japan Tobacco International (JTI) has started, just two-and-a-half months after the Greek tobacco company's takeover.

JTI has upgraded the SEKAP factory at Xanthi in Thrace, which has begun producing Camel and Winston Giga buckets destined for daily export to European Union member-states.

The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) and five other NGOs distributed meat from 350 camels and cows among those who are less fortunate in the East African nation of Kenya on Aug. 21, as part of its efforts during the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha.

A camel spider, a carnivorous arachnid that can bite humans, has been seen for the first time in Turkey's west, local media reported on June 26. 

The extraordinary women in the western province of Muğla's Bodrum district have gained praise for taking care of the camels and for following all the matches during wrestling season. 

They have attended a number of glamorous events during their trip to Paris so far.
But Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux enjoyed a more casual day out on Friday, as they indulged in a little retail therapy in the French capital.