Youth and Sports Ministry

Salda Lake in the southern province of Burdur's Yeşilova district has been reputed as "Turkey's Maldives" in recent years for its white beach and clear water, becoming a favorite spot for tourists, amid the summer season. 

Offering its visitors a visual feast, Salda Lake is a natural beauty of blue and green. 

The Youth and Sports Ministry has used a picture of U.S. gold medalist swimmer Dana Vollmer in one of its posters but digitally changed the U.S. flag on her cap with a Turkish one, daily Sözcü reported on July 6.

The Youth and Sports Ministry has prepared a list of digital games that contain "harmful" elements for youngsters, raising eyebrows for including popular games like Guitar Hero, Call of Duty and Pacman, daily Milliyet reported on June 26. 

Twenty-five million Turkish gamers spend a total of 39 million hours per day in front of screens playing e-games, the Youth and Sports Ministry stated on June 18.

During a presentation at parliament, the ministry said the economic volume of digital games in Turkey had reached $600 million,

A father in the southeastern province of Hakkari who could not afford to take his daughter to Istanbul has made a makeshift model of the city's Bosphorus Bridge for the girl, who has long wanted to see it. 

A recent athletics competition in the western touristic district of Bodrum has been lambasted due to the severe lack of proper equipment and officials, prompting Youth and Sports Ministry to launch an investigation.

The Youth and Sports Ministry has organized a series of events that will bring together prisoners and veteran Turkish footballers. 

More than 15,500 public personnel in Turkey have been dismissed from their posts with two new state of emergency decrees, the Official Gazette reported early on Nov. 22. 

Fifth grade students will undergo tests to determine sports compatible with their talents and body type, and will receive training in the sports respectively, according to a new protocol signed between Turkey's Ministry of Education and Ministry of Youth and Sports. The agreement aims to expand the understanding of academic success while increasing the country's number of licensed sportspeople.

The Youth and Sports Ministry, the Energy Ministry, and the Labor and Social Security Ministry have all seen a big increase in their share of the state budget in 2016, according to the cabinet's newly announced Medium-Term Financial Plan.