Turkey to give without visa travel to six European nations

Turkey's Foreign Ministry on Feb. 20 declared that Ankara will give without visa travel to five Schengen nations just as the U.K. with a 90-day visa exclusion for touristic purposes.

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The visa exclusion will be conceded to Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Poland and the U.K., the service said in a composed articulation.

Sans visa touristic travel to Turkey from the said nations will start March 2, 2020 and will be substantial for 90 days in at regular intervals of the visits, the announcement included.

"The point of this progression is to progress [Turkey's] the travel industry potential with the said nations, just as creating business, monetary and social relations," it said.

Turkey has a mind boggling visa arrangement, while it requires visas from some European Union part states and Schengen nations, it awards sans visa travel to some other.

A sum of 78 nations, including European nations, for example, Germany, Spain, France, Sweden, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland and Finland, has been allowed visa exclusion for touristic visits to Turkey.

Turkey and the EU in December 2013 consented to consent to the Readmission Arrangement as an end-result of propelling visa progression talks for Turkish residents, after about two years of exchange.

With a roundabout distributed on Sept. 18, 2019, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan required the increasing speed of endeavors to meet visa progression exchange with the EU.

"So as to guarantee the fulfillment of visa progression for our residents, it is important to quicken the endeavors to meet the criteria enlisted in the Visa Liberalization Roadmap and to guarantee the congruity of the endeavors which are affirmed to have been met by the European Commission," the roundabout had said.

A huge number of breads left in nature in superstition accepted to forestall cataclysmic events

Some tradesmen in the eastern territory of Erzurum left 2,001 portions of bread for wild creatures in the rocky zone where the place of worship of Pir Ali Baba, a strict researcher, is situated in what they accept would avert occasions, for example, tremors, torrential slides and plane crashes that have occurred in Turkey as of late.

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The "1,001 Hatim," the demonstration of perusing the Islamic sacred book Quran from begin to end multiple times, was begun 487 years back by Pir Ali Baba to shield Erzurum from cataclysmic events.


The occasion proceeded with petitions read in different mosques for a month.


During the hatim days in those days, 1,001 portions of bread had been left for the wild creatures on the mountain where the tomb is found.

Be that as it may, since Turkey has been hit again with quakes, torrential slides, a plane accident and late conflicts in Syria as of late, local people have, this time, left 2,001 breads.

Muhittin Olçun, who left the portions of bread in nature, said that the individuals should deal with the untamed life.

"Wild creatures that can't discover nourishment in nature even go to the downtown area. Hungry wolves go down to the towns and execute the pooches. Pigs got in a market in [western] Bursa region," Olçun said.

"A general public that doesn't offer harmony to creatures can't discover harmony either. The creatures living in nature are really endowed to us. In this way, we need to deal with them," he said.

Plane slides off runway at air terminal in Istanbul, slaughters three

A traveler plane slid off the runway at an air terminal in Istanbul on Feb. 5, slaughtering three individuals and harming 180 others, authorities said.

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Pegasus Airlines flight PC2193 was landing from Turkey's Aegean area of Izmir at Sabiha Gökçen International Airport when it slid off the runway while landing, said Turkey's Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Cahit Turhan.

This is how Sabiha Gökçen Airport's flight from the runway was reflected in security cameras.


Three individuals kicked the bucket among the 177 travelers and six team individuals, said Health Minister Fahrettin Koca.

TV film indicated the nose of the plane totally isolated from the remainder of the fuselage, which burst into blazes following the accident.

"As indicated by the data we acquired, after the hard setting down, the plane floated," said Turhan.

Approximately 180 individuals were harmed, including 174 travelers and six group individuals, said Istanbul Governor Ali Yerlikaya.

As indicated by the aircraft organization, 22 outside travelers from 12 nations were ready, Yerlikaya included.

Subsequent to sliding off the runway, the plane floated around 50 meters (164 feet), Yerlikaya said.

"At that point it tumbled from a stature of around 30 meters [98 feet] here, where there is an association street from the TEM parkway to the E-5 roadway."

Examiners in the capital Ankara propelled an examination concerning the occurrence.

The air terminal, which was shut after the mishap, was revived for flights.


President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan communicated profound distress over the individuals who kicked the bucket in a traveler plane accident and torrential slide in Turkey.

"I want Allah's kindness for our residents who lost their lives in these occurrences and a rapid recuperation to the harmed," Erdoğan said on Twitter.

"We will additionally reinforce our groundwork for fiascos, rapidly mend our injuries, grasp and bolster our residents, groups of our saints and veterans influenced by debacles and mishaps," Erdoğan underlined.

Second torrential slide covers search group, kills at any rate 33

A torrential slide hammered into a mountain street in the eastern region of Van on Feb. 5, clearing out a colossal group of salvage laborers sent to discover two individuals missing in a previous torrential slide.

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At any rate 33 individuals including security officials executed and 53 others were harmed.

The dead exploited people included at any rate eight gendarmerie work force, three security watches, three firemen and nine regular citizens, as indicated by Van Governor Mehmet Emin Bilmez.

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Exceptional pursuit and salvage endeavors were progressing, and 15 additional ambulances were sent to the locale in the midst of danger of new torrential slides, he included.

Bahçesaray Mayor Meki Arvas said a group of 300 individuals had been attempting to save individuals caught under a before snowslide on Feb. 4, when a subsequent torrential slide happened at 12:02 p.m. on Feb. 5.

At any rate five individuals were murdered in the principal torrential slide on Feb. 4, authorities said. It occurred in Van's Bahçesaray region during awful climate and struck a minibus venturing to every part of the Van-Bahçesaray parkway.

A score of Turkish inquiry and salvage colleagues who were overwhelmed by snow were protected in a brief time. Inside Minister Süleyman Soylu said 30 them were taken to clinic.

Ringed by huge mountains, Bahçesaray oftentimes faces cruel winter conditions.


AFAD said that 59 of its hunt and salvage specialists were dispatched to the territory at first. A gendarmerie group of 75 salvage specialists, 10 National Medical Rescue Team (UMKE) individuals and firemen went with them, it included.

Solid inn based on the recorded dividers of Istanbul draws outrage

A five-story solid inn based on Istanbul's 1600-year-old city dividers and a recorded wellspring attracts outrage of the inhabitants Cankurtaran neighborhood.

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A few stones of the fortress divider, on which genuine decimations are observable, have been unfastened and the fixture part of the wellspring has been evacuated.

Additionally, a few pieces of the wellspring have been demolished.


Taking note of that the recorded dividers have been harmed after some time, Nevin Taş, the local head, said that the structures used to be wooden, however changed over into strengthened solid when they were moved to another proprietor.

"It's an extremely risky circumstance. The separation between the stones steadily opens up. It truly represents a ton of risk at this moment," Taş said.

Expressing that the recorded relics left from the Ottoman and Byzantine time frame faces the threat of elimination, Mithat Küçük, an occupant in the area, brought up that a few entrances or wellsprings were uncovered during some lodging developments, however "by one way or another they were secured."

Saying that the verifiable structures are vanishing, Küçük approached the specialists to manage the issue and building proprietors to regard history.

In the mean time, development laborers were seen bringing down material from windows with no safety efforts.


When inquired as to why no measures were taken against the plausibility of harming the recorded structure, a development specialist stated: "We attempt as much as we can not to do any harm."

At first worked by Constantine the Great in the fifth century A.D., Istanbul's old dividers took their last structure with changes directed after some time.

The intricate arrangement of twofold dividers and passages spared Constantinople, as the city was known at that point, and the Byzantine Empire with it from attacks.

Numerous bits of the antiquated dividers despite everything stand while different areas have disintegrated.


Recorded as one of the longest chronicled landmarks on the planet, the old city dividers enclose the old city edges and stand out from both neighborhood and remote sightseers.

Be that as it may, regardless of their recorded hugeness, the city's antiquated dividers have gotten infamous for filling in as asylums to destitute, yet some harmed dividers are additionally home to unlawfully developed temporary structures or gardens today.

Triumphal Arch in Anavarza reestablished

Rebuilding work has been finished in the door of the antiquated city of Anavarza, one of the most significant settlements in Anatolia on the UNESCO World Heritage Temporary List.

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The door was worked in memory of the triumph of the Romans against the Persians in the third century and is known as the "Triumphal Arch." With the ongoing rebuilding work, the curve has picked up its previous wonder.

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Addressing state-run Anadolu Agency, Çukurova University prehistoric studies division part and the logical advisor to the unearthings, Fatih Gülşen said that the rebuilding work in the entryway was started in 2018.

He said that the ground investigations of the door were completed in the main stage and, following the fortification of the ground, they began the rebuilding work in the 28-meter-long, 5.40-meter-wide and 14-meter-high entryway.

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"The antiquated city of Anavarza, situated in the southern area of Adana, is one of the spots visited by neighborhood and outside voyagers for its theater, amphitheater, arena and 2,700-meter-long and 34-meter-wide columnar road. The door called 'Triumphal Arch,' worked in memory of the triumph of the Romans in the old city against the Persians in the third century, is one of the most significant components of this spot. The Triumphal Arch, comprising of three curves, eight legs and six segments and situated at the beginning stage of the world's first twofold street, is one of the biggest fantastic city entryways in Anatolia. We reestablished the stones on the entryway, which were beaten up pretty bad and presented threat. We supplanted the messed up stones with the new ones," he said.

Gülşen noticed that numerous individuals went to the area to see the "Triumphal Arch," which presently has an excellent appearance that suits the old city.


Expressing that after the "Triumphal Arch," exhuming and reclamation works will be finished of the columnar road, Gülşen said that the works will begin to resuscitate the 200-meter some portion of the columnar road in any case.

Focusing on that the guests will go through the entryway and visit the columnar road, Gülşen said visitors will make an excursion to history.

He said that unearthings will proceed with this season so as to uncover the amphitheater, which was the area of warrior battles in the antiquated city of Anavarza, otherwise called "strong city" and has the hints of Hellenistic, Roman, Eastern Roman, Sasanian and Ottoman periods. He included that the works are likewise proceeding to put the Anavarza Ancient City on the perpetual world legacy rundown of UNESCO.

China orders 200 million masks from Turkey

China has placed in orders for an aggregate of 200 million defensive face covers from Turkish medicinal firms in the course of recent days, as the nation wrestles an episode of the novel coronavirus.

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Addressing state-run Anadolu Agency, Fatih Arpacı, a partner in a medicinal firm situated in Aegean Izmir territory, said as an "astounding" turnout of occasions, Chinese firms requested a sum of 200 million face covers in one go.

"It is astonishing to us as China is one of the greatest face cover makers on the planet. Turkey creates an aggregate of 150 million face veils in a single year. Be that as it may, they needed 200 million face covers," he said.

"Requests continue coming from China, yet in addition from different nations, for example, Italy, the Netherlands, France, Poland and Germany. We work 24 hours per day to fulfill this need. We likewise chip away at Sundays." Arpacı said.

As a respiratory disease, the infection can be transmitted through the air, with a defensive veil covering the mouth and nose being a well known insurance against contamination.

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With cover stocks diminishing in China, request in the nation for the face-gear has soar since the infection ejected before the end of last year.

One of the nations Beijing has gone to satisfy this need was Turkey, where makers have since supported action.


Arpacı said his organization alone would make an underlying shipment of 250,000 covers to China, including that the mentioned numbers were extremely high, thinking about the association's ability.

China is one of the world's greatest defensive restorative cover makers, however has recently been unable to fulfill local need.

The epic coronavirus, which started in Wuhan city in focal China, is said to have been transmitted to people from creatures, especially bats.

The loss of life in China from the novel coronavirus flare-up has move to 213, the National Health Commission said Friday.

Exactly 9,692 affirmed instances of pneumonia brought about by the coronavirus, otherwise called 2019-nCoV, have been accounted for in China.

The infection has raised alerts all around, with cases announced across Asia, Europe, the U.S. what's more, Canada.

Voyagers from China are being screened for the infection at air terminals around the world. A few carriers have suspended flights to Wuhan and different pieces of China.

At a crisis meeting Thursday, the World Health Organization proclaimed the episode a global crisis.