Sakarya

In an interview published on Friday by the Turkish newspaper Sabah, Turkey's Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar announced that Ankara is seeking to conduct offshore surveys for hydrocarbons in Libyan maritime zones.

If the expected rainfall does not occur in the coming period in Istanbul, where the water reserves rate in the dams have decreased to 30 percent, water can be brought from Sakarya River in the northwestern province, while some experts have pointed out heavy metal pollution in the river.

Türkiye's leading bus brand Otokar has signed an agreement with Dopravni Spolecnost Usteckeho Kraje, the transport company of the Usti region of the Czech Republic, for the supply of 90 intercity buses.

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu reiterated Türkiye's warning toward Greece against further provocation in the eastern Mediterranean and Aegean.

Sakarya, a province neighboring Istanbul, will become "Turkey's new green city" following investments as part of "green tourism" for promoting the natural heritage of the region, the mayor of the province has said.

"We are investing in many regions of the town that can be new tourism destinations of the country," Ekrem Yüce said on April 26.

The Independent Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (MÜSİAD) has launched a campaign dubbed "year of investment."

Turkey's Sakarya province offers picturesque views during autumn. (İHA Photo)

Turkey's northwestern province of Sakarya and its Mount Çam offers picturesque scenery during the autumn season. (AA Photo)

An exhibition opened for the centennial of a Turkish victory unveils some of the photographs showing the most difficult moments of the Turkish War of Independence.

The exhibition titled "100th Anniversary of the Battle of Sakarya" is awaiting visitors at the Military Museum in Istanbul's Şişli district.

Exports by carmakers based in the northwestern province of Sakarya amounted to some $2.3 billion in January-June this year.