SİT areas in Turkey

Turkey continues to rank third in the list of "countries with the most blue-flagged beaches" this year, with the number of blue-flagged beaches increasing from 519 to 531 currently.

Like in 2021, Spain topped the ranking, while Greece was runner-up this year. Italy and France followed Turkey in the fourth and fifth spots, respectively.

The amount of total exports from Turkey's 87 Technology Development Zones has reached $5.8 billion in 21 years, according to data by the Industry and Technology Ministry.

More than 6,500 companies, including 322 firms with foreign capital, have been operating in these zones as of the end of April, data showed.

The Turkish State Meteorological Service has declared a yellow warning for 11 provinces in the east, stressing to take precautions against the heavy snow on early Dec. 23.

Turkey's elderly population has risen by 21.9 percent over the past five years, according to statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) on March 18.

TÜİK stated that the population of people over the age of 65 in Turkey had risen to 7.55 million in 2019, up from 6.65 million in 2014.

The General Directorate of Meteorology has announced that snowfall expected in the high parts of Ankara province.

Ankara woke up with cold and snowy weather on Jan. 6 and snowfall in the high parts of the city accelerated.

An official statement has not yet been made as to whether there is a snow holiday for schools in Ankara.

No new libraries have opened in 44 provinces of Turkey over the last 10 years, according to the data from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. 

Independent Deputy Aylin Nazlıaka asked a question regarding the "library numbers in Turkey" to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism as a part of the right to information act.

Turkey's elderly population has risen by 17.1 percent over the past five years, according to statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) on March 16. 

TÜİK stated that the population of people over 65 years old in Turkey had risen to 6,651,503 in 2016, up from 5,682,003 in 2012. 

Turkey's population saw an increase of over one million compared to last year, reaching 79,814,871 people, the Turkish Statistics Institute announced on Jan. 31.

According to 2016 results from the records of Address Based Population Registration System, males made up 50.2 percent of the total population and females made up 49.8 percent.

Police have launched simultaneous operations early on Nov. 23 in 13 provinces across Turkey to detain 40 suspected followers of the Gülen movement, believed to have orchestrated the July 15 coup attempt, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

The number of people from eight Turkish provinces currently residing in Istanbul has exceeded the local population in those provinces, according to a new report by the official Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜ?K).