Kırklareli Province

Two people died in floods in Istanbul, where torrential rain turned the city's streets into rivers, AFP reported.

The storm flooded a subway station, and dozens of people were evacuated from a city library. Footage on social media shows cars and street stalls being swept away.

The much-awaited Kakava festivities have begun in the northwestern province of Edirne, as visitors throng the region to soak in the exuberant atmosphere full of activities such as dancing around the Kakava bonfire marking the arrival of spring, listening to folktales and firewalking.

With thunderstorms accompanied by heavy rains likely to batter western parts of the Türkiye, raising the possibility of flash floods and landslides, the Turkish State Meteorological Service has issued a "yellow" alert for 10 provinces in Türkiye's west, including Istanbul.

Security forces have seized a total of 77 tons of bootleg wine at a vinegar factory in the Şarköy district of the northwestern province of Tekirdağ.

Teams from the local police force's Organized Crime and Smuggling Department figured that barrels with bootleg wine were being handled at a plant.

Poppy flowers that blossomed on the outskirts of the Yıldız Mountains, in Kırklareli province, astonish onlookers and visitors. (AA Photo)

Turkish communities around the world have celebrated Hıdrellez with joy, but this year devoid of the colorful ceremonies that would normally have echoed across many of the nations.
This year, in an effort to prevent the virus' spread, events and festivals were canceled, rescheduled, or modified.

Turkey and Bulgaria will open a new border gate, a Turkish governor said on Thursday, reports AA. 

"We will open a new border gate in Igneada-Rezovo region," said Osman Bilgin, governor of Turkey's northwestern Kirklareli province.

"After the construction of a highway, we will open [border gate] to trade traffic," Bilgin said, without specifying the date.

Turkish authorities have launched an investigation into the governor of the northwestern province of Kırklareli over reports of abduction and beating up a woman with whom he allegedly had a relationship for two years. 

I was dead tired, but I didn't hesitate a moment to wake up at 6 in the morning to catch an early flight to Istanbul to go to the Thrace region. We were about to explore a tourism route on gastronomic, historical and natural assets created by the triple effort of Edirne, Tekirdağ and Kırklareli provinces.

People across Turkey have gathered around giant Kakava fires to mark H?d?rellez, which is celebrated across the Turkic cultural world with festivities as a harbinger of summer. 

Locals and tourists attended traditional celebrations in the country's northwestern border province of Edirne, in its historic Sarayiçi neighborhood, late on May 5.