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Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy announced the completion of night lighting in Cappadocia’s Güvercinlik Valley, timed to commemorate the 101st year of the Turkish Republic. Stretching from Uçhisar…

The centuries-old Ottoman tradition of "mahya," decorative lights adorning mosques during Ramadan, has been revived at the Eyüpsultan Mosque in Istanbul. Kahraman Yıldız, the last known mahya artisan, and his team, orchestrated by…

In Mudanya distroct of Bursa, Türkiye, an impressive 'algae bloom' illuminated the sea with blue light at midnight as a result of the prolific emergence of single-celled organisms. The Marmara Sea's Mudanya coast witnessed blue flashes due…