Bilecik

The main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) have revealed extensive slates of mayoral candidates in a move ahead of the March 31 local elections.

The CHP's announcement, following a party assembly meeting on Jan. 10, presented mayoral candidates for six pivotal metropolitan cities.

An appeal court has revoked the membership of Canan Kaftancıoğlu in the Republican People's Party (CHP) in line with a political ban imposed on her after she was convicted of terror propaganda and of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Located in Bilecik province's Yenipazar district, the Suuçtu Waterfall attracts attention from visitors with its water flowing from some 30 meters and the breathtaking greenery surrounding it. (AA Photo)

The Turkish Industry and Business Association (TUSIAD) re-elected Simone Kaslowski as its president on March 30. 

He has been heading TUSIAD since February 2020 after replacing Erol Bilecik.

Kaslowski is the CEO of Organik Kimya, a chemicals company.

Murat Özyeğin and Bahadir Balkır are the vice presidents of the association.

Two machinists were killed in Turkey when a train derailed in the northwestern Bilecik province on Sept. 19.

A municipal employee in the northwestern province of Bilecik who ran for mayor as an independent candidate in the district of Pazaryeri after resigning due to workplace "mobbing" has managed to beat her former boss and win the seat.

Updating the Customs Union agreement with the European Union is a vital point for Turkey, Turkish Industry and Business People's Association (TÜSİAD) chair Erol Bilecik has said.

Turkey should leave the course of economic growth based on consumption and foreign loans, Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD) head Erol Bilecik has warned. 

Smuggled cobra venom with a market value of approximately 7.3 million Turkish Liras ($1.9 million) stored in 93 tubes was seized in the central Anatolian province of Bilecik on March 14.

A fox cub has been receiving treatment after it was hit by a car in the Central Anatolian province of Bilecik on Feb. 5.