General Directorate of Civil Aviation

Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu announced that Turkish Airlines (THY) will soon operate two new international routes, connecting Istanbul to Sydney, Australia, and Santiago, Chile.

Hot air balloon tours have recently started in the eastern province of Şanlıurfa's Göbeklitepe, a UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the "zero point of history."

The Council of State, Türkiye's top administrative court, has issued a landmark ruling declaring it unlawful to subject judges to pat-downs when X-ray screening devices raise alarms at airport entrances.

A Turkish businessman has drawn public backlash on social media after he landed with his helicopter on a public beach in the Marmaris district of the southwestern province of Muğla.

"All the security measures were taken and we landed on the beach to have breakfast," Temel Akçay has told daily Hürriyet, defending himself that they did nothing wrong.

The General Directorate of Civil Aviation has prepared a draft guide on handling 17 abandoned planes at the Atatürk Airport, which was closed to commercial passenger flights on April 5.

Low-cost carrier Pegasus has announced that it has restarted flights to Russia after a visa problem for its flight crews was resolved. 

The company halted flights on Jan. 4 until Jan. 13 after it failed to get a positive response from Russia to visa applications for its crew members. 

Istanbul?s Atatürk Airport was declared the airport with the most new long-haul routes at the Euro Annies 2015 Awards, the airport?s operator, TAV Airports, said in a written statement on Sept. 15. 

Gazipa?a-Alanya Airport in Antalya was also selected the fastest growing airport in its category.