New Year's preparations continue in Istanbul
Istanbul is preparing for 2025 with colorful lights and New Year's decorations. While the streets of Nişantaşı in Şişli are adorned with Santa Claus figures and reindeer, kokina flowers and National Lottery tickets are heightening the New Year's excitement.
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With only a few days left until 2025, illuminated decorations have been set up in Üsküdar as part of New Year's preparations.
As the countdown to 2025 continues in Istanbul, Şişli is one of the places where preparations on the city's busy streets have been completed. As part of the New Year's preparations, the streets of Nişantaşı, one of the bustling areas of Şişli, have been decorated and illuminated. People of all ages have flocked to Nişantaşı to take photos with Santa Claus figures, '2025' signs, and reindeer models.
The price of a bunch of kokina flowers, a symbol of the New Year believed to bring luck and abundance, varies between 200 and 250 liras. National Lottery New Year's tickets, for which the grand prize for 2025 has been set at 600 million liras, are on sale with quarter tickets at 150 liras, half tickets at 300 liras, and full tickets at 600 liras.