I cannot imagine a better symbolism: “EU Affairs Office in Istanbul’s Ortaköy neighborhood turned into shisha cafe…

A historic building in Istanbul’s neighborhood that up until recently housed the Istanbul Office of the Secretariat General for EU Affairs has been transformed into a restaurant and shisha cafe.


That means, Turkish authorities will be eager to destroy it:

NASA

You may not be able to travel to Jezero Crater on Mars, but you can visit the next best thing: Lake Salda, Turkey. Though it is located a world away, Lake Salda shares similar minerology and geology as the dry Martian lakebed. Researchers are using

In a Twitter post, NASA has pointed out the similarities between Lake Salda in Turkey and the Jezero Crater on Mars: “It shares similar mineralogy and geology as the dry Martian lakebed.”

Something positive about my hometown (!)

Mavi Boncuk |

Traditionally produced natural honey in Turkey’s northeastern Bayburt province has been certified with a geographical indication, marking the first product in the Black Sea city.


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