İzmir

Turkish cities of Istanbul, Antalya and İzmir have been ranked among the world's top 100 brand cities in the "City Index 2024" by Brand Finance, which assessed urban reputations through a global survey of 15,000 people across 20 countries.

As Istanbul's rental market continues to surge, even the most rundown homes are attracting high prices, leaving many potential tenants shocked by the living conditions on offer.

Basement homes without daylight, damp walls, broken cabinets and unsanitary kitchens and bathrooms are being listed for as much as 10,000 Turkish Liras (around $290).

The oldest fig seeds ever found in Anatolia, dating back 5,000 years, have been unearthed in the Yassıtepe Mound in the Bornova district of İzmir, where excavations have been continuing.

In Türkiye, we seldom get cookery books that are based on family recipes and never that goes back to almost two centuries.

As trash and debris have piled up alongside the stream in the western province of İzmir's Menderes district that feeds into the Tahtalı Dam, a significant supply of drinking water for the city has come under an alarming threat.

The dumping of garbage and debris next to Tahtalı Stream, flowing into Tahtalı Dam, which meets İzmir's drinking water needs, has caused an outrage.

The historical building of the İzmir Economic Congress, where the first economic policies of the country were discussed, has been reopened in its 100th year after being restored in line with its original form.

The Banka-Han building, also knowns as the Guiffray Inn, where the first economic congress was held in 1923, was demolished in 1979 and turned into a parking lot.

Turkish State Meteorological Services has issued an alert for some provinces as strong precipitations take hold of western Türkiye.

House sales to foreigners in Türkiye decreased by 27.0 percent in February compared to the same month last year, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) announced on March 15.

A total of 3,350 houses were sold to foreigners last month, accounting for 4.2 percent of the country's total house sales of 80,031.

The 60-year-old Nuran Erden, residing in İzmir's Germiyan village, has been drawing pictures on the village walls to spread the message of "nonviolence" throughout the country.

After tourists visiting the village noticed Erden's drawings and took pictures in front of them, the village gained interest as her drawings became famous.

Florists saw one of the busiest days of the year as Turkey marked Mother's Day on May 8.

Like most other countries in the world, Turkey celebrates Mother's Day on the second Sunday of May every year.

"Customers usually prefer wild flowers, such as carnations and daisies, on this day," said Yıldız Çalıoğlu, who is running a florist shop in Istanbul's Taksim Square.