Human geography

In his first appearance at the Thessaloniki International Fair as prime minister on Saturday night, Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to outline the basic parameters of a four-year plan under the slogan "Growth for all" with a series of tax reductions anticipated to feature in his speech.

GameX 2019, an international digital exhibition, started in Istanbul on Sept. 5.       

Turkish metropolis Istanbul will host GameX, International Digital Game and Entertainment Exhibition, on Sept. 5-8.     

Over 16,000 irregular migrants in Istanbul have been sent to repatriation centers in other provinces of Turkey in the past 1.5 months, the governorship said on Aug. 27.

The third edition of Artweeks@Akaretler will host the works of local and foreign artists for three weeks at Istanbul's Akaretler Sıraevler.

Award-winning American violinist Sarah Chang is set to take the stage in Istanbul next month to meet her fans in Turkey.

As many as 72,000 opiate pills were seized in a bust in Istanbul, Turkey, a security source said on Aug. 13. 

The Istanbul Governor's Office and the provincial directorate of environment and urban planning have ramped up their inspections on entertainment cruise ships touring the Bosphorus Strait following the increase in the number of complaints coming from residents regarding noise population.

Lake Salda has been declared a 'Special Environmental Protection Area', with its size increased six-fold, the Environment and Urbanization Ministry said on Aug. 1.

Istanbul Governor's Office said in a statement released on Aug. 1 that 12,474 illegal migrants and 2,630 unregistered Syrians have been caught so far in operations launched since July 12.