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Int'l departure fee should be increased sharply to boost local tourism, suggests Turkish bank head

Deniz Bank CEO Hakan Ateş has raised eyebrows by suggesting that the international departure fee for Turks leaving the country should be increased from $5 to around $100 in order to boost local tourism, state-run Anadolu Agency reported. 

Turkish drama star visits Jordan refugee camp

Turkish actress Tuba Büyüküstün, who is the most popular actress in the Arab world and last year became the good will ambassador of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), went to Jordan to visit thousands of women and children who escaped from the civil war in bordering Syria and took shelter in the Zaatari refugee camp.