News from Turkey

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.

In line with the measures taken in Turkey to prevent the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, which is described as a pandemic by the World Health Organisation, events that are organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) are postponed.

Turkey’s tourism sector starts 2020 with an all-time record in the number of tourist arrivals visiting the country in January.

Turkey’s Foreign Ministry announced that citizens of six European countries will be able to travel to Turkey without a visa starting next month.

Celebrating its 30th year in aviation and tourism this year, SunExpress, a joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, achieved the highest revenue in its history in 2019, setting a new record.

The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and sports management group Octagon have announced a partnership to create a first-class tennis experience in Istanbul.

AtlasGlobal declared bankruptcy and ended its operations after a long period of financial struggles. General Coordinator of the airline Orhan Sancar shared the news on his Facebook page saying "Goodbye" with an image of AtlasGlobal aircraft. 

The World Congress of Angel Investors WBAF 2020 will convene in Istanbul 17 – 18 February 2020 at Swissotel The Bosphorus to shape the global agenda of equity markets.