As you wait for your flight at the new Istanbul Airport, you may take in the many civilisations Anatolia has hosted in its thousands of years of history.
Airports Council International's health accreditation programme assists airports by assessing new health measures and procedures introduced as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
From biometric check-ins to security checks by appointment, various ways are under consideration to deal with the coronavirus at airports.
A host of measures including the mandatory wearing of gloves and masks are to be introduced as authorities gear up to allow air travel.
Turkey’s giant new hub, Istanbul Airport, hosted more than 40 million passengers, mainly using international flights, since opening its doors last year.
Turkish tech and aerospace festival Teknofest Istanbul hosts World Drone Cup.
Turkish Airlines says that 10,000 pieces of equipment weighing 47,000 tonnes were tagged piece by piece to complete the shift from Ataturk Airport to the newly built Istanbul Airport.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey could play a mediation role to ease tensions between Russia and Ukraine after the seizure of three Ukrainian ships by Moscow sparked a major new crisis.
The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality has made huge investments to develop its metro systems, we take you on a tour of where it stands, and which directions it's going in.
The number of foreign tourists visiting Turkey is expected to pass the 40 million mark in 2018, says the culture and tourism minister. Over 10 million visitors hit Istanbul in 2017, according to Mastercard’s 2018 Global Destination Cities Index.
At the inauguration ceremony, which took place on Republic Day, Erdogan said that the city's Ataturk Airport will maintain its status as an airport, but it would be closed to commercial flights when the new Istanbul Airport is fully operational.
Over 50 foreign dignitaries from at least 18 countries will attend the ceremony for the soft launch of what will be one of the world's biggest and eventually busiest airports.
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