Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge

The General Directorate of Highways (KGM) has announced the increased bridge and highway toll prices that will be valid in the new year.

The Transport and Infrastructure Ministry is leading efforts to safeguard Istanbul's vital structures, including the Bosphorus bridges, in anticipation of a major earthquake along the region's fault line.

Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu unveiled a comprehensive evacuation strategy, emphasizing the priority to minimize casualties and ensure the availability of essential resources.

Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality has purchased a medallion depicting portraits of Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II, known as Mehmet the Conqueror, for 38,000 pounds at an auction in London, the U.K.

Turkey's revenue in tolls reached 375.8 million Turkish Liras (some $62.8 million) during January-February, according to official figures on March 27.

Turkey earned over 189.5 million liras (some $32 million) in tolls in January, official figures revealed on Feb. 25.

The July 15 Martyrs' Bridge and the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge in Istanbul, connecting Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus, yielded over 39 million Turkish liras ($6.6 million) last month, according to the General Directorate of Highways.

Turkey earned over 1.8 billion Turkish liras (some $322 million) in tolls from two bridges on the Istanbul Strait as well as roads in the first 11 months of this year, the Turkish Highways Directorate said on Dec. 25.

Some 419 million vehicles went through the toll booths this January-November.

The General Directorate of Highways (KGM) has announced that tolls for roads operated by the authority and Istanbul's July 15 Martyrs' Bridge and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge have been hiked by 20 percent effectively on Oct. 7.

The first day of a road maintenance project on Istanbul's Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge caused a heavy traffic jam on both the European and Asian sides of the metropolis on June 27.

A mansion on the Bosphorus Strait of Istanbul has been put on sale for 95 million Turkish Liras ($18 million), a real estate agent has said.

Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, Istanbul, Turkey. (File photo by Serkan Türk)