Honey

Price of honey in Bulgaria has gone up by 20% because of the high mortality rate of honeybees, which reaches 60% and even 100% this year. According to beekeepers, about a third of the products on the market do not have the necessary qualities because they are mixed with Ukrainian and Chinese honey, reported the Bulgarian National Television. 

Semih Kaplanoğlu, the director of the popular trilogy "Honey," "Milk" and "Egg," gave the premiere of his latest film "Buğday" (Grain) at the 23rd Sarajevo Film Festival on Aug. 13, attending the film program alongside the film's actors, Bosnian artists, directors and writers. 

İbrahim Sedef has tried steel and he's tried concrete, all to no avail. Now, the beekeeper in Trabzon's Sürmene district - who doubles as the local deputy mayor - is trying to think of what to try next to halt his most implacable foe: a bear that keeps getting all his honey.

France's Interior Ministry has called on citizens to cast their votes in the presidential election through the iconic image of social media phenomenon Nusret Gökçe, the co-partner of Turkey's global Nusr-et chain of grill houses best known as "Saltbae" who has gained global fame for his meat-cutting and salt-drizzling skills.

Several beehives spotted in a park between Istanbul's Dolmabahçe and Gümüşsuyu districts have raised questions on how they were placed there. 

A total of 15 beehives on five trees were spotted at the Dec. 10 Marytrs' Park, formerly known as the Freeloaders Hill, and no official has any information on the issue, daily Habertürk reported on April 7.

A local mayor from the Turkish Communist Party (TKP) in eastern Turkey plans to release his municipality's own home-grown "communist honey" onto the market and sell it across Turkey. 

"Those who buy the communist honey will taste good quality honey. They will get a taste of us and will become more communist," Ovacık Mayor Fatih Maçoğlu told Doğan News Agency.

From choosing the best local honey to dancing the traditional "horon," here is a guide to enjoying the festive summer season in the Black Sea region like locals do. 

As good as its honey: Anzer Festival

By Yiannis Elafros

Honeydew honey, a rare yet extremely healthy bee product, is these days the central attraction of the tenth edition of the Honey Fair that takes place in the city of Campina.

Honey varieties on display at the Campina Honey Fair
Photo credit: (c) Anamaria TOMA / AGERPRES STREAM

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has explained to the heads of villages and heads of neighborhoods what kind of a presidential system he wants. I have not yet figured out whether or not we should call this "the bee model presidency."