Turkey

Mina Guli, an Australian businessperson who embarked on a journey to raise awareness of global water challenges, was at Türkiye’s Lake Tuz this week where she ran a marathon on the dry parts of the country’s second-largest lake. This was Guli’s 77th marathon in a journey where she aims to reach 200 in all continents. Guli…

Thursday, Nov. 2 Family Storytime Join the Yelm Timberland Library from 10:30 to 11 a.m. every Thursday for family storytime. The event includes music, movement, books and activities for the whole family. Children must be accompanied by a participating adult. The library is at 210 Prairie Park St. NE in…

No casualties or damage were reported after a magnitude 5.0 earthquake hit Kuşadası, a town in the western Turkish province of Kuşadası on Sunday. The Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) announced that the epicenter of the earthquake which occurred at 6:24 a.m. local time was in the Gulf of Kuşadası in the…

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Thanksgiving is here, and families across the country will be returning to long-held traditions.  When it comes to food, some families will enjoy apple pie, while others may opt for pumpkin or pecan. And some families will deep-fry their turkey instead of roasting it all day.Meredith Carothers, a food safety expert with the U.S. Department of…

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Ihlas News Agency (IHA), a Turkish news agency with correspondents in each of the nation’s cities and more than 60 countries, has taken delivery of 30 TVU One mobile 5G transmitters for use throughout the Middle East, Europe, Asia and the Americas.IHA will deploy the TVU One transmitters in all Turkish provinces and at all…

FAMAGUSTA, Cyprus — Eleni Ellinas can still hear the sound of the air raid sirens that woke her after 5 a.m. on Aug. 14, 1974. The Turkish military had invaded Famagusta, on the eastern coast of Cyprus. Within the city lay Varosha, a 2.3-square-mile, wealthy seaside community that was home to 39,000 people, mostly Greek Cypriots. Ellinas’ family…

Sweden’s top diplomat is optimistic that the nearly year-long delay in his country’s NATO accession caused by Turkey and Hungary will soon be over. Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom says that Turkey could approve Sweden’s NATO membership “within weeks,” and he expects Budapest to follow Ankara’s lead. Billstrom met this week with his…

Monday, November 27, 2023 On Tuesday, November 21st, the Renegade Nexus – BC’s Basic Needs Center, hosted our last Farmer’s Market of the year as well as our Turkey Opportunity Drawing. Our Farmer’s Market, held in collaboration with the Community Action…

This article from MBI explores DORCE Prefabricated Building and Construction’s journey as a provider of emergency modular housing in Turkey On February 6, 2023, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked southern and central Turkey, killing over 2,300 people and injuring 10,000 more. In the immediate aftermath, one company stepped up to provide…