PEOPLE in Turkey throw away 26 million tonnes of food every year, the head of an anti-waste lobby group has said. The startling figure was revealed by Aziz Akgül, chairman of the Turkey Waste Reduction Foundation [Türkiye İsrafı Önleme Vakfı], in a story published by the Anadolu news agency. The amount lost or wasted every […]
International star gazers are descending on the coastal city of Antalya, in southern Turkey, for this year’s National Sky Observation Festival. The event is being organised by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) and will run at its National Observatory campus atop Saklikent mountain between 1st and 4th August. A mixture of amateurs […]
Turkey scooped three gold and two silver medals to claim victory at the 3rd European Physics Olympiad in Riga, Latvia. Yunus Emre Parmaksız, Alkın Kaz and Abdurrahman Hadi Ertürk struck gold while Kutay Akın and Bayram Alp Şahin received silver medals at the event, which ran from 31 May to 4 June 2019. The all-male team’s […]
North Cyprus’ Ministry of Interior has announced that Turkish Cypriots requiring new or replacement TRNC identity cards can now process their applications via the TRNC London Office in Bedford Square. Kutlu Evren, the Minister of Interior, said they are currently rolling out new technology in diplomatic missions abroad. Following the successful installation of e-identity […]
A team of four students from Turkey picked up three medals at the 28th International Biology Olympiad (IBO). Hosted by Britain at the end of July, Seçkin Yasar was awarded a silver medal, while Ata Alpay Canbaz and Fatih Özlügedik each won a bronze. A total of 241 students from 68 countries took part at […]
