2021-July-22

Fuat Oktay, the Vice President, said during a joint news conference in Ankara with the President of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, that the Turkish economy had displayed a “very successful performance” during the coronavirus pandemic, which highlighted that the sectors’ investments, both public and private, had continued without slowing or stopping.

2021-July-20

The General Manager of Fraport TAV Antalya Airport, Deniz Varol said that air traffic has surged with flights from Russia. Planes have been arriving in Antalya after a two-month suspension in flights. More than 110,000 Russians have arrived in Turkey in the past week alone.

2021-July-20

Turkey’s Istanbul Airport has become the first airport in Turkey to formally reserve a place at the airport exclusively for plane spotters. Enthusiasts of planes have flocked on Friday to the space, which overlooks the runways of the airport, for its inauguration.

2021-July-20

Turkish Cargo, a subsidiary of the national carrier of Turkish Airlines has delivered a grand total of 100 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to over 35 countries around the world, with more than 250 flights operating since the pandemic first hit.

2021-July-20

In the Black Sea province of Trabzon, the Sumela Monastery has finally re-opened to visitors after undergoing a 5-year restoration project in Turkey. The monastery is also referred to as Mother Mary, or Virgin Mary, and is carved from rocks in a wooded slope of Mt. Karadag in Macka which sits 984 foot (300 metres) above the Altindere Valley.

2021-July-14

More than 17 million Turks have now had both doses of the covid vaccine. But with Eid on the horizon, summer holidays slowing progress and new variants threatening to send case numbers spiralling, Turkish authorities are working on ways to boost the country's vaccination schedule.

2021-July-06

The relaxing of travel bans has prompted a wave of tourists heading to Turkey. Antalya, a favourite with Russians, Germans and other Europeans, welcomed a surge of visitors in June, including 110,000 Russians in a week. Officials hope that the healthy numbers will herald a return that will bring tourism -- almost -- back to form in Turkey.

2021-June-29

Turkey's space programme only began 18 months ago, but it's already making giant leaps. The head of Turkey's space agency has confirmed he is in talks with several countries about progressing Turkey's bid to reach the moon in 2023. The $1bn programme includes scientific exploration and launching Turkey's own satellites.

2021-June-22

If there are no new COVID-19 restrictions, Turkey’s tourism sector is optimistically looking to have what could be their ‘best season of the century’ amongst Turkish nationals, as Turks are expected to flock to resort cities for their holidays.

2021-June-22

In the southern Mediterranean resort city of Antalya, more than a million people have now been vaccinated by Turkish health workers against COVID-19. Administered to more than 73% of the target population, more than one million doses have been given out, the provincial health director for Antalya, Unal Hulur, has said.

2021-June-22

The Turkish government has ramped up its Covid-19 vaccine response, doling out a million each day, about 10 times the rate up until June. In response, investment bank JP Morgan has revised its economic forecast for Turkey from 6.1% to 6.8%. The vaccination effort is also prompting hope for Turkey's tourist season.

2021-June-20

Turkey is continuing its charge to the top of the global rankings for the cleanest beaches in the world. The number of Blue Flag beaches reached 519 in 2021, and these Blue Flag beaches are increasing in number each year thanks to the Turkish environmental investments. 519 beaches sees Turkey rank third globally.

2021-June-20

The online fast delivery company, Getir, meaning ‘bring’, founded in Turkey, has now begun to provide its service in the Netherlands, after entering into the Amsterdam market. This comes following the inauguration of operations within London, the founder of Getir explained on Friday.

2021-June-20

Data from January through to April of this year show that foreign and domestic investors are continuing to show a great deal of interest in Turkish start-up companies. During the four-month period of this year, 161 angel investors, corporate venture capital investors and venture capital companies made investments in Turkish start-ups.

2021-June-15

Demand for property is up. As well as domestic property buyers, who are returning to the market with enthusiasm, the number of foreign buyers is also up, year on year. Property Turkey director Cameron Deggin said a healthy domestic property market was good news for overseas investors, buoying the economy and shoring up an exit strategy.

2021-June-10

Knight Frank's latest Global House Price Index has shown that over the 56 countries it examined, house prices are rising faster than they have done since before the global financial crisis. Around the world, this has triggered a market frenzy, prompting a 7.3% rise in the average global house price in the year to March.

2021-June-07

In 2020, Turkish museums and archaeological sites still racked in more than 8.91 million visitors, despite the COVID-19 pandemic causing chaos for the tourism sector worldwide. The important role of the sites sees the cultural heritage protected, allowing for future generations to see and enjoy, as well as generating a collective memory archive.

2021-June-07

The Hagia Sophia mosque is highly valued within the Muslim faith as a place to visit and pray. However, another mosque in Istanbul, the largest in Turkey, remains a favourite with faithful and tourists alike. Since its inauguration two years ago, a total of 12 million people have visited the Grand Camlica Mosque.

2021-June-07

The tourism goal for 2021 is firmly in Turkey’s sight as there are hopes to allow tourist arrivals back by June. The Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said this was due to the decreasing coronavirus cases.

2021-June-02

In another economic coup, Turkey has achieved 7% annual growth, outstripping every G20 country bar China. The result is due to enormous efforts by the Turkish government to bolster spending: lowering interest rates and making lending more appealing, measures designed to curb the worst of the Covid fall out.

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