Mehmet Arslan

The Turkish Super Cup final between Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe, scheduled to be played in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh on Friday, was postponed due to "some problems in the organization," with the joint decision of the clubs, the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) said in a statement.

Turkey's fishing season closed on April 15 with a countrywide ban effective until Sept. 1, but some fishermen around the Black Sea ended their activities even earlier this year due to the threat from floating naval mines.

The Turkish Super League is witnessing the most competitive year in its history, says Hürriyet journalist Mehmet Arslan, citing the rise in the number of foreign players as triggering a ‘transformation’ of Turkish football

One worker was killed and 15 were injured due to an explosion at a factory in the Marmara province of Kocaeli on Jan. 13, Doğan News Agency has reported. 

The explosion occurred in a steel pit at a rolling plant in an industrial site in the province's Dilovası district at 11:00 a.m. Witnesses said the explosion occurred while the pit was under reparation.

The "Science Tunnel" exhibition has been opened in the Central Anatolian province of Konya to mark the end of the 2014 German-Turkish Year of Science.