Toy

Activity in the festive market is reaching its peak, with consumer preferences for gifts remaining consistent: clothing and footwear top the list, followed by gifts, toys, and cosmetics. Merchants are optimistic that their revenue will surpass last year’s levels, exceeding €4 billion.

Market inspectors on Rhodes have issued fines worth 226,000 euros to two people for trading in counterfeit products.

As a result of the inspections, which took place last week, over 29,000 fake products were identified and subsequently destroyed.

A photo issued by the Interagency Market Control Unit (DIMEA) suggests that the fake products included games and toys.

A new exhibition, "Toys of Sports," organized with the support of Trendyol, the first Turkish partner of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), combines the excitement of the Olympics with fascinating toys.

"Santa's Basket," aimed at offering consumers affordable toys ahead of the holidays - the equivalent of the Household Basket for basic goods - was launched Friday and concerns toy purchases for the period of Christmas and New Year.

Left on the shelf for two decades following a dispute between David Bowie and his record label, lost album "Toy" is finally seeing the light of day this week.

Syrian women, who learned to make amigurumi toys at a workshop organized by a group of young volunteers in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa, contribute to their family budgets.

In exchange for every toy sold, a child in their country gets a toy.

The Game and Toy Museum in the southeastern province of Gaziantep, which hosts thousands of local and foreign tourists throughout the year with its historical buildings and museums, takes its visitors on an intercultural journey with toys from many countries.

A 51-year-old man from the southern province of Antalya who has been collecting toy cars for the past 43 years now wishes to donate them to a toy museum to make his name remembered.

"I first bought my toy car when I was eight with a pocket money I got from my uncle," Mustafa Dere said.

His collection consists of more than a thousand toy cars of different colors and types.

A local man living in the eastern province of Van's İpekyolu district turns wood pieces that he finds anywhere on streets or in nearby surroundings into toys and presents them to the kids in his neighborhood.

Toys and personal care products have evolved into top-priority commodities, according to demand on the price comparison website Skroutz.
In the period from March 9-29 sales by electronic stores that work with Skroutz jumped 41 percent from February, with toys and sports items rising 70.4 percent and cosmetics (a category that crucially includes antiseptics) growing 54.3 percent.