Kartepe

A fuel oil leak from a NATO pipeline, damaged during roadwork in the western province of Kocaeli, has contaminated Maşukiye Stream before seeping into Sapanca Lake, with teams currently working to prevent the leak from spreading to the entire lake.

A protocol has been signed between the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Kocaeli Municipality for this year's Kartepe Summit, an annual international gathering held since 2017 that brings cities together to brainstorm solutions to the biggest urban challenges.

Kartepe, one of Turkey's important winter tourism centers, attracts the attention of both domestic and foreign tourists with its geographical location, accessibility, and natural beauty in the country's northwest. (Source: AA)

An increase in intercity travels in the ongoing three-week school break can trigger a surge in COVID-19 cases similar to the one Turkey experienced during the Eid al-Adha holiday in 2020 summer, Tevfik Özlü from the Coronavirus Scientific Advisory Board has warned as the hotels in ski resorts and tourism hotspots have started operating at nearly full capacity.

The Ormanya Wildlife Park in the northwestern province of Kocaeli hosted 5 million visitors despite the coronavirus pandemic last year.

Kocaeli Mayor Tahir Büyükakın said that Ormanya, located in Kartepe district, opened in May 2018. With a spectacular natural habitat, Ormanya welcomes millions of visitors each year, becoming Turkey's most visited one.

The long-awaited snow has finally arrived here on the slippery slopes of Kartepe, one of the top ski resorts in Turkey, especially a favorite among Istanbulites for its proximity to the city.    

A couple have found a corpse in the bedroom of their house in western Turkey after they returned from a weekend holiday.

Two people have been injured after being trapped under snow that fell from the roof of a hotel in Kartepe, a ski center in Turkey's northwestern province of Kocaeli.

Four people were trapped under the 1.5-meter snow pile after it fell from the roof of a building belonging to the facility of Green Park Resort Otel, while two of the tourists were injured.

The number of winter tourists in Turkey has doubled over the last decade, increasing from 2.7 million in 2004 to 4.8 million this year, but more investments are needed to realize the country's potential in the sector, said the latest Winter Tourism report of the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TÜRSAB).