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...Istanbul airport was the busiest in the Europe region in terms of flight numbers last year, according to data firm OAG, while Turkish Airlines was the third-busiest airline, behind Ryanair and easyJet....
...Turkish Airlines has ordered more than 200 Airbus aircraft as part of a “milestone” agreement worth tens of billions of dollars to boost Istanbul’s role as an international hub and bolster Turkey’s already...
...On the top floor of the Novotel Istanbul Bosphorus in Karaköy, Mürver offers panoramic city views and a menu that riffs on ocakbasi (charcoal grill) cooking....
...But it has a more complex, second layer that runs beneath the nostalgic depictions of 1950s Istanbul with its sharp tailoring, vintage cars and music hall stars....
...The applicant receives the visa and a bill for an additional fee that must be paid after arriving in Istanbul.”...
...The company’s first original Turkish series, The Protector — a fantasy drama about an Istanbul shopkeeper who discovers he is descended from an ancient secret order charged with guarding the city — was watched...
...Peak is the fourth Turkish gaming company to be acquired by a foreign owner over the past five years, according to the Turkish investor intelligence platform Startups.Watch, and the second to be bought by...
...Colorama enamelware by Bornn. from £13 Upgrade paper plates with this Istanbul-designed tin tableware. trouva.com Sip drinking straws by Hay. £25, set of six Brightly coloured reusable straws in borosilicate...
...The doner kebab I ate at Kebapci, an excellent restaurant in the lively Etiler neighbourhood of Istanbul, was remarkable for two things: it was lunchtime, not closing time, and the kebab was superb....
...Zynga has made three other acquisitions of Turkish gaming companies, including its $1.8bn purchase of Peak Games in June....
...Yaman Akdeniz, a lawyer and academic based at Istanbul’s Bilgi University, said: “In short, they are telling experts — banks, the media or anybody interested in financial issues — not to talk about the financial...
...Excellent sourdough and acma (a Turkish bagel) arrived with smoked butter; 12-month aged feta, burnished on the grill, is dressed with spinach, spiced honey and hazelnuts; beetroot is braised in olive oil...
...The New York-based group already has 40 cafés, including an outlet in Harrods, London, after an initial pilot launched in Istanbul and Shanghai in 2010....
...Turkish Airlines completed its move to Istanbul’s new airport on Saturday, fulfilling President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s long-held dream of building a vast new transport hub in Turkey’s biggest city....
...Turkish authorities said they were taking precautionary steps after an existential threat to the country’s democracy....
...First, non-Turkish carriers will halt flights into Ataturk Airport, for decades Istanbul’s primary facility. Then, Turkish Airlines and other local carriers will stop services....
...The list and profiles of a selection of them appear below: Politics Abiy Ahmed Ethiopian prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish president Nigel Farage Brexiter who changed Britain Nigel Farage...
...The airport will become the shiny new hub for Turkish Airlines, the national flag carrier that has grown rapidly and become an important tool of Turkish soft power....
...Shares in Vestel, the Turkish home appliances and electronics producer that makes the Venus phone, rose sharply following his comments....
...The decision sent the Turkish lira to its lowest level since October....
Officials say it will be the largest in the world
...The latest withdrawals are part of a mounting international backlash following the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi after he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul earlier this month....
...Saudi officials have maintained that Mr Khashoggi went missing after leaving the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, but Turkish officials are investigating whether he was killed in the building....
...In December, Dion Nissenbaum, a Journal reporter then in Istanbul, was detailed by Turkish police for three days. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the conviction....
...Alexandra was last in Istanbul when it was called Constantinople; that tedious film trope of the character who suddenly reveals an unlikely ability to speak fluent Japanese, Russian or Turkish at least makes...
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