News from Turkey

Turkey's national carrier; Turkish Airlines suspends all domestic service until April 20 due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

Organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) since 1987, the Istanbul Biennial, in collaboration with the artists participated in the previous editions, is opening two artist films to online access every Friday in weekly periods as of 3 April.

SunExpress, a joint venture of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, has recently suspended all of its international flights as part of the travel restrictions to fight against the COVID-19 outbreak and announced its winter schedule early to allow its passengers more flexibility.

Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport (SAW) announced that the airport temporarily suspends its services due to COVID-19.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced new restrictions on Friday night; including suspension of all international flights and restrictions on domestic travel due to the spread of coronavirus.

Turkish Airlines has suspended its flights to New York as it becomes the epicenter of the American coronavirus outbreak with 39,140 active cases and 365 deaths.

SunExpress has suspended its flights to Germany, France, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Austria, England, Switzerland and Ireland until April 17, 2020.

Turkish Airlines announced that the national carrier will ground all international flights except five routes from March 27 to April 17.

Turkey’s leading cruise port in Aegean resort town of Kuşadası on Friday, March 13 welcomed a cruise ship carrying 375 tourists.

As the coronavirus outbreak has caused serious casualties in some European countries, Turkey announces new measures to prevent the virus spread in the country. Turkey will close all border gates to passengers coming from nine European countries.