Türkiye's tea yield drops due to insufficient precipitation: media

STORY: Türkiye's tea yield drops due to insufficient precipitation: media DATELINE: Sept. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of tea gardens in Türkiye STORYLINE: Turkish authorities projected that tea yield loss in the Black Sea region this year is expected to exceed the average level of the past five years due to climate factors, the Demiroren news agency reported Wednesday. The significant drop this year is due to insufficient rainfall and high temperatures caused by the global warming effects, said the report. Over the last five years, annual yield losses stood at 20 percent, Mehmet Erdogan, president of the Rize Commodity Exchange, told Demiroren. He said works have been going on to determine the precise amount of loss in yield this year, and the amount of tea harvest delivered so far was not promising. In the Turkish Black Sea provinces of Rize, Trabzon, Artvin, and Giresun, the harvest period continues on 830,000 decares (about 83,000 hect

Türkiye to launch ground operations in N. Syria soon: Erdogan

STORY: Türkiye to launch ground operations in N. Syria soon: Erdogan DATELINE: Nov. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:02 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of "Claw-Sword" air operation 2. various of Türkiye and Syria border STORYLINE: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday vowed to launch a ground operation soon in northern Syria against the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG). "We will root out all of them with our tanks, artillery and soldiers," the semi-official Anadolu Agency quoted Erdogan as saying during a ceremony in the Black Sea province of Artvin. Erdogan's remarks followed a Turkish aerial operation that began on Sunday morning against the YPG in northern Syria and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq. The aerial operation, dubbed "Operation Claw-Sword," was launched after a bomb explosion in Türkiye's largest city Istanbul on Nov. 13 killed at least six people and injured another 81. After the attack, Turkish police said they had detained

Growth of foreign arrivals in Turkey exceeds 300 pct in May

STORY: Growth of foreign arrivals in Turkey exceeds 300 pct in May DATELINE: June 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:35 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people in mall and scenic spots of Turkey STORYLINE: Turkey has received around 3.82 million foreign arrivals in May, surged by 308 percent year-on-year, the country's Culture and Tourism Ministry said on Monday. During the first five months of 2022, Turkey hosted a total of 12.7 million foreign arrivals, up by 207 percent comparing with the same period last year, according to official data. Most foreign arrivals are registered in Istanbul, Antalya, Edirne, Mugla and Artvin. Meanwhile, Germany ranked first in sending more tourists to Turkey in the first five months of the year, which increased by 367 percent, followed by Bulgaria, 334 percent, and Russia, 49 percent. Turkey's crucial tourism industry has been recovering since the country eased health measures in 2021, but the number of foreign arrivals still falls behind May 2