Manisa

The authorities are concealing the results of a test conducted to diagnose the cause of an infection in a Turkish barracks that killed a soldier and hospitalized more than 1,000, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Manisa deputy Tur Yıldız Biçer has claimed.

An infection that led to 1,046(!) soldiers going to emergency service with complaints of nausea, vomiting and diarrhea on May 23 in the western province of Manisa resulted from being offered uncooked turkey meat, main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) Manisa lawmaker Tur Yıldız Biçer said on May 28.

An infection that led to 1,046 soldiers going to emergency service with complaints of nausea, vomiting and diarrhea on May 23 in the western province of Manisa resulted from being offered uncooked turkey meat, main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Manisa lawmaker Tur Yıldız Biçer said on May 28. 

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake hit the Saruhanlı district of the Aegean province of Manisa on May 27 at 6.53 p.m., the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) has announced.

The earthquake hit at a depth of 10 kilometers and there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, AFAD said.

A total of 828 soldiers were affected by an infection in a military barrack in the western province of Manisa, the Health Ministry has said, adding that one soldier, Hüsnü Özel, was killed as a result. 

According to the ministry, some 59 soldiers were receiving treatment in hospital and one was in intensive care as of May 25. 

The authorities have refused to grant permission for the annual commemoration of those killed in Turkey's deadliest ever mine disaster in the Soma district of the western province of Manisa, which occurred in May 2014. 

The "Kilia Idol," a 23-centimeter statuette that has been smuggled from Turkey, will be auctioned on April 28 at New York Christies at an estimated price of $3 million.

Turkey's Vestel has said it won a tender to provide flight information display system at Istanbul's third airport for a one-year period. 

Turkish electronics and appliance maker Vestel announced on April 10 that it was beginning talks to purchase the television unit of Japan's Toshiba Corp. following a report by Japan's Nikkei, but said it was unclear whether the deal would be finalized at the current juncture.

Ali Ağaoglu, the billionaire head of the Ağaoglu Group construction company, apologized over his 'sexist comments' he made in a recently broadcast documentary on the BBC. 

Ağağoğlu said in a written statement that his comments which he made against a mediator who wanted to market his house to foreigners were verbicided, saying that his comments were reflected wrongly.