News from Turkey

Reges, a Luxury Collection Resort & Spa, Çeşme in Turkey owned by Reges Turizm Inşaat A.Ş. and a part of Marriott International Hotel Group reopens for the new season on 15th of May 2020.

As the coronavirus cases and deaths continue to rise in Turkey, Turkish Airlines announced the extension of international flight suspension.

SunExpress, a joint venture of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, which halted all domestic and international flights as part of the travel restrictions to fight against the Covid-19 outbreak, will begin cargo flights with 18 aircraft in its fleet.

Due to the global Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the 48th Istanbul Music Festival, scheduled to take place on 2-25 June 2020, is postponed to the second half of September 2020.

Beko, Turkey's and Europe’s favorite freestanding home appliance brand, which is one of the proud sponsors of FC Barcelona, Fenerbahce Men’s Basketball Team and the League of Legends European Championship, now supports the Best Team in the World and shared the news with a video.

Due to the COVID-19, the international co-production, training, and networking platform organized within the scope of the İstanbul Film Festival, Meetings on the Bridge (MoB) took the necessary precautions and will perform its programme online on 14-17 April.

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.