Turkey

Energy Minister Fatih Dönmez said the work on the natural gas discovered in the Black Sea continues and they aim to "burn this gas on land in the first quarter of 2023, in March."

Türkiye aims to finalize its current drills for natural gas in the Black Sea wells in 2023, the minister told the Anadolu Agency on Aug. 11.

The Türkiye manufacturing export climate index posted 50 in July, data from the Istanbul Chamber of Industry (İSO) has shown.

The reading was down from 51.8 in June, thereby ending a period of improvement in the export climate stretching back to February 2021, the chamber said.

Türkiye aims to send another satellite, Türksat 6A, to space in the second quarter of 2023, Transport Minister Adil Karaismailoğlu has said.

Türkiye was one of the countries to send two new-generation satellites to orbit within a year, he said, referring to the launches of Türksat 5A at the start of 2021, and Türksat 5B toward the end of 2021.

Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, a Turkish-English actress and model, has been crowned the winner of "Love Island," a U.K. reality show, with her Italian partner, Davide Sanclimenti, winning the show's $61,000 prize money.

The pair, both 27, said they "could not believe" they won at the end of the ITV2 dating show's final stage on late Aug. 2.

With lavender production in Türkiye expanding to an area of 20,000 decares, the country has become able to meet its annual lavender oil needs, according to Öztürk Sarıca, a vet and the founder of a local nature organization which established Türkiye's largest lavender field.

In a bid to detect illegal substances or objects that could endanger the safety of a patient or a doctor, "door security systems" has begun to be installed in hospitals, the Health Ministry has announced.

The Greek diaspora has initiated the campaign to stop the sale of F16 fighters to Turkey

More than 1 million Germans have visited the southern province of Antalya since the start of the year, over-taking Russians after five years.

A U.K.-based culture magazine has picked the world's best 53 cities, ranking Türkiye's largest city Istanbul in the list.

Out of the 53 ranked cities chosen by the Time Out magazine, Edinburgh made it to the top of the list and was followed by Chicago and Medellin, while Istanbul was listed 50th.

A US State Department spokesperson responded to a map released by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ultra-right MHP party leader Devlet Bahceli, showing many Greek Aegean islands and most of Crete as Turkish, by yet another firm affirmation that for the US the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Greece is not disputed.