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The total number of mobile phone subscribers in Türkiye was 92.8 million in the third quarter of 2023, corresponding to a 108.8 penetration rate, according to a report by the telecommunication watchdog BTK.

In a controversial decision, a Hatay prosecutor's office has deemed three telecommunication companies "not guilty" in the investigation into the communication failure just after the Feb. 6 earthquakes.

Türkiye's leading mobile operator Turkcell plans to invest $240 million in renewable energy, said Murat Erkan, the company's General Manager.

The company's solar energy power plants with a total installed capacity of 300 MW will come online in the next three years, according to Erkan.

As part of its European tour, Pink Martini is once again getting ready to meet its fans in Türkiye. The band released in May its latest album 'Thomas Lauderdale Meets The Pilgrims,' featuring 11 popular songs such as 'Night and Day,' 'Malagueña' and 'Rhapsody in Blue.' It will take the stage at Turkcell Vadi Istanbul on June 30.

Girls living in orphanages in the Central Anatolian province of Sivas have formed a football team and qualified for the Third Women's Football League that will start in February.

The team is called the Family and Social Policy Youth and Sports Club, named after the Family and Social Services Ministry.

Two Africans, who were transferred to the eastern province of Hakkari's women's football club playing in the Turkcell Women 1st League, have said they are happy to be living in the border city.

"I love Hakkari and its people. They are so hospitable," 24-year-old Kenyan midfielder Mwanalima Adam Jereko told state-run Anadolu Agency.

Turkey's telecommunication watchdog BTK has fined the country's three mobile operators, Turkcell, Vodafone and Türk Telekom, over their failure to provide communications services in the wake of the 5.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Istanbul in September.

Turkey's largest library, set to be inaugurated in the capital Ankara on Feb. 20, will feature 4 million printed books and offer disabled-friendly services starting right from the carpark to the library.

The foundation stone for Turkey's first domestic car plant will be laid in May with construction expected to take a year, its CEO said on Jan. 28.

Gürcan Karakaş of Turkey's Automobile Joint Venture Group (TOGG) said at a news conference in the country's industrial province of Kocaeli that the factory will start mass production in 2022 with an annual capacity of 175,000 units.

Turkey will own the intellectual and industrial property rights of its first indigenous car, the Turkish industry and technology minister said on Dec. 26.

The car prototype will be unveiled on Dec. 27 in the industrial province of Kocaeli, Mustafa Varank noted.