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The seventh stop of the Turkish Cultural Road Festival, organized by the Culture and Tourism Ministry in 16 cities this year to contribute to the country's international brand value, will be the central Anatolian province of Nevşehir.

Some 50 percent of revenues of retailers operating in shopping centers come from foreign tourists, people from the industry said, voicing concern that domestic demand may not remain strong in the period ahead.

Tourism activity has been strong, which supports sales in shopping malls, said Serhan Tınastepe, chair of the Chain Stores' Association (ZMD).

Fenerbahçe Beko beat HDI Sigorta Afyon Belediye 97-87 in an away ING Basketball Süper Lig game to secure their fifth successive win on March 28.

Lorenzo Brown played with 20 points while Melih Mahmutoğlu came off the bench to add 15 points for Fenerbahçe Beko. Tarık Biberovic had 10.

The notion that sportspersons are people of different worlds far from culture and arts is quite widespread, and to my surprise, though I came across quite many sportspersons at art fairs and events, I had no idea that they can be so involved in arts to the level of collecting artworks.

Anadolu Efes beat Beşiktaş with a 84-80 score on Feb. 7 in an ING Basketball Lig game.

Croatian guard Krunoslav Simon was the highest scorer of his team with 22 points and seven assists at Istanbul's Sinan Erdem.

Bryant Dunston and Shane Larkin produced 13 points each in the home victory.

Istanbul had an extraordinarily quiet weekend, as millions of its residents decided to stay home after an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) suicide bomb attack hit the city's busiest pedestrian thoroughfare on early March 19, killing five and wounding more than 30.