2021-August-11

The central province of Kayseri in Turkey has been added to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network due to the rich cuisine the area has to offer to those who choose to visit, Memduh Buyukkilic, the Metropolitan Mayor of Kayseri explained.

2021-August-10

When you're a billionaire, there's no need to count your pennies at mealtimes. When Bill Gates visited Bodrum, cruising the peninsula in his luxury yacht, Leander, he stopped at a local hotel for a slap-up meal with some friends. For the $10,000 price tag, we hope the Microsoft founder tipped the waiter.

2021-August-04

In a statement from the governor of Antalya, the coastal city of Turkey’s Mediterranean, he confirmed that despite the COVID-19 pandemic the tourism capital has welcomed 3.24 million visitors since the beginning of this year.

2021-August-04

The world’s fourth richest person and founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates is reported to have recently visited Bodrum, the popular resort town in Turkey. Gates arrived at Milas-Bodrum airport in his private jet before boarding a helicopter which took him to his luxury private yacht Leander

2021-August-02

Lives have been lost and villages have been evacuated as southern Turkey battles a spate of wildfires. Tourists were evacuated by sea from Bodrum hotels, and villagers faced down flames with garden hoses as fires swept through a landscape left dry from a heatwave that has seen temperatures reach over 40 degrees.

2021-July-26

Tired of restrictions, looking for a break, Turks took to the road during the Eid al-Adha holiday. The visitors who fanned out from Istanbul swelled the numbers of small resort towns and filled hotel beds, good news for hoteliers and others relying on the tourist trade to make a living after a year of quiet beaches and restrictions.

2021-July-22

In the popular southern costal Mediterranean city of Antalya, hotels are set to reopen after the announcement by Moscow of flight restrictions being lifted to Turkey. Representatives from the tourism sector – key to the economy of Turkey – have hoped that they will now be able to recover some of the losses.

2021-July-22

Bodrum, known as the Turkish Riviera, is set to become the home of a massive new sports and entertainment complex. It will be built, aided by Russian Technology, the head of the Russian-Turkish Business Council explained in a statement.

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.

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