Onur Air

Turkey's civilian airline operators have a total of 554 airplanes in their fleets, with the flag carrier Turkish Airlines taking the lead with 341 aircraft.

Local civilian airline companies operate 523 passenger jets and 31 cargo planes, according to data from Turkey's Transport and Infrastructure Ministry.

Bulgarian airline Holiday Europe has begun operations. The carrier announced on its website its inaugural flight took place on August 24th and routed between Antalya and Nuremberg, writes Simple Flying.

Millions of people across Turkey have started to hit the roads during a 10-day public holiday for the Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) and Victory Day, which starts late on Aug. 25 and ends on Sept. 3.

In many tourism resorts, hotel occupancy rates have hit 100 percent.

The Iran Oil Ministry has filed a case against a private company in Turkey, claiming all stakes of Turkey's Onur Air that are owned by Mehdi Shams, a trustee of Babek Zanjani, an Iranian businessman currently imprisoned in Iran on corruption charges and connected to Turkey's massive 2013 graft case, are actually the Iranian state's.