Seven million people above the age of 15 are illiterate in Turkey, according to statistics released by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics to mark the 50th International Literacy Day on Sept. 8
A total of 10 new heritage sites from Turkey have been inscribed on the UNESCO World Tentative List
Clocks will no longer go back in October due to measure introduced to make better use of winter daylight
Turkey will stop turning back its clocks this winter, staying on summer time all year round to make better use of daylight.
The clocks in Turkey went forward one hour on 27 March for summer, in line with the rest of Europe.