News from Turkey

Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, one of the fastest-growing airports in the world, has contracted global IT provider SITA to deliver a technology revamp that will allow the airport to better manage every aspect of its vast operation.

Following a successful debut last year, Harvest returns to Kaplankaya, Turkey on May 24 to 26 with a new addition to the series - Harvest Nature.

Ethiopian Airlines, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX certified Four Star Global Airline, has finalized all preparations to launch a direct thrice weekly flight to Istanbul, Turkey as of April 1, 2019.

The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Tourism Directorate has launched the Visit Istanbul project in order to promote Istanbul and its values using digital platforms internationally.

As the passenger volume at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport (SAW) continues to increase, a new mosque will be built for worshippers that use the airport.

Organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), Turkey’s largest film event, Istanbul Film Festival is preparing to meet cinema lovers for the 38th time.

Turkey's leading Low Cost Carrier, Pegasus Airlines, has announced its financial results for 2018.

Turkish Airlines today announced that the national carrier will move all of its flights at Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport to the new Istanbul Airport on April 6.

DoubleTree by Hilton Kocaeli, located in Kocaeli, is the latest addition to the growing DoubleTree by Hilton portfolio.

Oman Air and Turkish Airlines have revised the codeshare agreement signed earlier. Under the revised agreement, Oman Air will codeshare on Turkish Airlines operating flights to Rome, Copenhagen and Algiers, while Turkish Airlines will codeshare on Oman Air operating flights to Salalah.

The massive new Istanbul Airport, which was opened in a grand ceremony in October, is set to see another delay to becoming fully operational. The date of transfer from İstanbul Atatürk Airport to İstanbul Airport, which was first announced as December 30-31, then as March 1-3, has been changed again.

According to the official higher education statistics, during the 2017/18 academic year, 285 Turkish students were attending university in UK, an increase of 73% compared to three years ago, says Studying-in-UK.org.

The 26th Izmir European Jazz Festival will be held between 2 and 20 March 2019 by Izmir Foundation For Culture Arts and Education with the contribution of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality.

Radisson Hospitality announced the opening of the Radisson Blu Hotel, Vadistanbul in the heart of Istanbul, Turkey.