Durmuş

Tennis has begun to emerge as a game embraced and followed by broad segments of the population in Türkiye, leading to an increase in tennis facilities, the head of the Turkish Tennis Federation has said.

"Unfortunately, due to this attitude, we have come to the stage of a strike in both companies," Durmus said.

However, the strike has raised concerns about access to reliable information ahead of critical general and presidential elections on May 14.

The debate over the exclusion of the theory of evolution from the curriculum in Turkey has now reached a new level, thanks to a man heading the board in charge of overseeing and approving all textbooks and educational materials used in Turkish schools.

Education Ministry officials have admitted that none of the 18 officials in charge of controlling the text books saw an obscure caricature included in a Turkish language school book.