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Located in the northern province of Trabzon, Atatürk Mansion, where modern Türkiye founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk wrote his will, will soon reopen its doors to visitors as restoration works are nearing completion.

The mansion was closed to visitors last September as part of the survey and restoration works initiated by Trabzon Municipality.

The competition is organised by the Greek Embassy in Russia

The US State Department and the UAE Embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to requests for comment

In previous Notes for Discussion, we have looked at a long-term plan to bring the debt down; issues in state enterprises and whether these might be best managed in the private sector or by public sector managers; and the public sector balance sheet, which should reflect all the debt but also all the assets that the government owns.

Turkey's first wax statue museum is in the central province of Eski?ehir. Mayor Y?lmaz Büyüker?en is the name behind all the statues in the museum as well as many others around the country When he's not busy running Eski?ehir, Mayor Y?lmaz Büyüker?en is known to dally in his other favorite pursuit: making wax sculptures.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an?s son, whose name was embroiled in Turkey?s huge corruption probe in late 2013, has denied reports that he has ?fled Turkey,? saying he has only moved to Italy only to complete his doctoral studies in Bologna. 

Four Turkish cities entered the list of the world's top 10 best performing cities economically in 2014, according to a report by the Brookings Institution's Metropolitan Policy Program.

?zmir, Istanbul, Bursa and Ankara made the top 10 among 300 cities worldwide in the report, released as a part of the Global Cities Initiative, a joint project of Brookings and JPMorgan Chase.