Doğuş Group

According to unconfirmed reports, shipowner George Prokopiou has reached an agreement to acquire a stake exceeding 30% in Astera Vouliagmenis.

It is currently unclear whether this stake pertains to the Turkish Dogus participation (33%) or if it involves a share from the Arab owners, with discussions indicating that the price is around 300 million euros.

The new building and exhibitions of Istanbul Modern, Türkiye's first modern and contemporary art museum, has opened on May 4. The official opening ceremony of the museum will be held later.

New cruise ship port, Galataport, which is being developed jointly by Doğuş Group and Bilgili Holding in Istanbul's Karaköy district along 1,200 meters of coastline, will welcome its first cruise ship in April 2020.

Doğuş Group's social responsibility platform 'A Place for Art' has opened a joint exhibition at Istanbul's Bomontiada. The exhibition, featuring works by young artists, can be visited between June 22 and 24.

Emre Büyükkalfa has been appointed as the new CEO of TÜV SÜD Turkey, the company said in a statement on Sept. 22. 

TÜV SÜD Turkey completed its reconstruction process, which has been undertaken since October 2016, read the statement. 

So this is what happened: we are going to shoot a movie in the summer, so I won't have time to have a holiday, so I thought about going to Kemer on the Mediterranean coast. It rained in Kemer. Then I heard that there was too much wind in the Aegean town of Çeşme. Then I learned that the sea is icy in Bodrum. I did not feel like going to Dubai.

The tourism crisis has naturally also hit one of Turkey's first touristic regions, Cappadocia. I was in Cappadocia to see a close friend's newly-bought house in one of its villages, and to participate in the Cappadox Festival.
 

The Istanbul Municipality has halted construction at the in-progress Galataport project, which has been the subject of debate for over a decade. 

Weeks ago in this column I questioned the demolition of Istanbul's Karaköy Passenger Lounge, a building that was supposed to be under first degree protection. Scrutinizing the Passenger Lounge and the historic adjacent post office building, I asked how the Istanbul Conservation Board could have allowed this.