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Belarusian mountaineer sisters who went missing during an expedition in the Aladağlar mountain range were found alive after a grueling two-day search. Valentina and Maryia Ivankova managed to endure four days on the mountain by sheltering in a camping tent amidst snow-covered rocks.

Former Defense Minister Sabahattin Çakmakoğlu has died at the age of 93 in the capital Ankara after a series of health problems, local media reported on Oct. 24.

The government remains committed to the export target set for 2024, Trade Minister Ömer Bolat has said.

They are not anticipating a downward trend in exports for the remainder of the year, Bolat told reporters in the province of Kayseri.

Türkiye's exports increased by 13.8 percent in July from a year ago to $22.5 billion, hitting a historically high level for the month.

A Turkish military training plane crashed in the central province of Kayseri on Tuesday, killing two soldiers, the Defense Ministry said.

The SF-260 D training aircraft took off from an air base in Kayseri with two pilots on board for training exercises, and crashed for an unknown reason, the ministry said.

Several natural protected areas in Artvin, Van, Kayseri and Bartın provinces have been registered and declared as "sensitive areas to be strictly protected," according to a decree published in the Official Gazette.

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The top soldiers of Türkiye and Greece have agreed to develop ties based on good neighborhood and friendship, the Turkish defense ministry has announced, following a meeting in Brussels on the sidelines of the NATO ministerial meeting.

The Agriculture and Forestry Ministry is working on projects aimed at utilizing geothermal energy resources, particularly in urban agriculture, while officials are looking into ways to boost biomass production in rural areas.

The ministry favors the specialized greenhouse-organized industrial zones based on geothermal heating (TDİOSB) as the more appropriate model.

Speaking at an iftar dinner in Kayseri province, Akar highlighted Turkey's fight against terrorism and said that the fight against terrorism continues resolutely.
He said that the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) is doing everything to protect the country's borders and its people.

Six more provinces, including Bingöl, Kayseri, Mardin, Tunceli, Niğde and Batman, have been declared as disaster zone as they were damaged in the Feb. 6 earthquakes, the country's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) has announced.

Energy company Enerjisa's Erciyes power plant with 65 megawatts installed capacity in the province of Kayseri has come online.

The facility, which is designed as a hybrid wind and solar power plant, produces 221 GW/hours of electricity annually. It will provide power to 75,000 households. When it is fully completed, the power plant's installed capacity will reach 100 megawatts.