Manisa

Turkish electronics and appliance maker Vestel announced on April 10 that it was beginning talks to purchase the television unit of Japan's Toshiba Corp. following a report by Japan's Nikkei, but said it was unclear whether the deal would be finalized at the current juncture.

Ali Ağaoglu, the billionaire head of the Ağaoglu Group construction company, apologized over his 'sexist comments' he made in a recently broadcast documentary on the BBC. 

Ağağoğlu said in a written statement that his comments which he made against a mediator who wanted to market his house to foreigners were verbicided, saying that his comments were reflected wrongly. 

An investigation has been opened into Ali Ağaoglu, the billionaire head of the Ağaoglu Group construction company, over sexist comments he made in a recently broadcast documentary on the BBC. 

An investigation has been opened into Ali Ağaoglu, the billionaire head of the Ağaoglu Group construction company, over sexist comments he made in a recently broadcast documentary on the BBC. 

Artifacts that were unearthed in 1882 by French researcher Michel Armand Clerc in the ancient city of Aigai in the western province of Manisa are currently being displayed at Paris' Louvre Museum. 

An 82-year-old woman in the Aegean province of Manisa, who received a sentence to serve community service by guarding a mosque in her village after she got involved in a fight with her cane, was cleared of charges on Feb. 23 after seven months, Doğan News Agency has reported.

A family living in the western province of Manisa has adopted a 15-day-old lamb after its mother died, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

The Karaca family is looking after the young lamb like a baby, feeding it with a baby's bottle and using diapers in their apartment in Manisa's Şehzadeler district.

Turkey's Vestel Home Appliances has announced new investment works to establish a new washing machine and drier factory in the Aegean province of Manisa for around 70 million euros. 

The company said in a Dec. 27 statement to the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) that it was conducting talks with lenders and financial institutions to secure the required financing. 

Locals living in a village in the Aegean province of Manisa are expressing increased frustration, having been forced to live in harsh living conditions without power for the past two decades, Doğan News Agency has reported. 

Fatma Güngör, who became the only female bus driver in the Aegean province of Manisa some two months ago after she divorced her husband, has called on other women to earn their living and not be afraid. 

Güngör, who is 44 years old and has two children, said that she felt "reborn" after she was employed by the Manisa Transportation Co. (MANULAŞ) as a bus driver.