Building

The volume of private construction activity has been decreasing, mainly in Attica, due to the complications created by the new Construction Code and reactions from a number of municipal authorities.

The Industry and Technology Ministry has introduced new regulations requiring technical services to digitally record and archive lift maintenance activities for six months, following several accidents resulting in deaths and injuries.

The recent occurrence of two deadly Kahramanmaraş-centered quakes on Feb. 6 has prompted a shift in housing preferences in Antalya, with the once sought-after properties with picturesque sea views giving way to a new demand for earthquake-resistant buildings.

A new regulation by the Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Ministry will limit static projects approved by inexperienced new graduate civil engineers to four floors, as the experience criteria to prepare high-rise building projects will vary in accordance with the height of the building.

Amid the quake panic in the country's largest metropolis of Istanbul, which has a population of 16 million, the city's municipality is taking measures to ban mezzanine floors in accordance with the new zoning regulation to make the city more quake-resistant.

Objects could be coated in the material to allow them to be extra strong. Or whole, large things could be built out of it

The restoration of Prinkipo Greek Orthodox Orphanage on Istanbul's Büyükada, the largest of the Princes' Islands, has been approved by the Council of Monuments.

Four buildings built 30 years ago in the Black Sea province of Rize have stirred fear among locals after they began leaning downwards due to unstable foundation, with many residents likening it to the "Leaning Tower of Pisa" in Italy.

People living in the apartments in the buildings tried to strengthen the leaning structures with iron poles.

Dentist Özkan Arıkantürk, 69, collected 4,000 artifacts in 25 years, beginning collecting first after he bought a Roman-era glass bottle that he admired.

Fashion lovers can see the Handmade Fest in the National Palace of Culture. The exhibition is on 4, 5 and 6 October this year.

They are shown on the ground floor and two semi-floors - left and right, various clothes, accessories, cosmetics, home decor. The show is full of colors and great mood.