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Turkey expects to welcome over 226 million air passengers annually by 2019, up 30 percent from last year, according to official revised figures released on Feb. 20.

Istanbul Atatürk International Airport's meteorological emergency committee has announced that scheduled flights would decline by 15 percent on Jan. 27 due to snowfall and cold weather conditions, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Officials have urged passengers to follow recent updates with the airline companies.

Turkish Airlines has canceled at least 338 of its scheduled flights to and from Istanbul's Atatürk and Sabiha Gökçen airports, Doğan News Agency has reported.

The General Directorate of State Airports Authority (DHMİ) has announced to reduce 20 percent of flights at Atatürk International Airport. 

The General Directorate of State Airports Authority (DHMİ) at Istanbul's Atatürk Airport on Jan. 25 stepped up preparations against a forecasted new wave of snowfall and cold weather, Doğan News Agency has reported. 

Officials from the DHMİ said they would assign 46 vehicles and at least 270 personnel to prevent possible problems on aprons and runways.

It is expected that the court will decide on Saturday how many of the 25 customs officers detained at Varna-west Customs House will be indicted on charges of participating in an organised criminal group for demanding and receiving bribes.

On Thursday, the General Directorate for Combating Organised Crime carried out an operation searching tens of offices and private homes in Varna.

Scores of flights from Istanbul airports and city ferry lines have been canceled, as the city continued to struggle on a fourth day of heavy snowfall in what the Mayor Kadir Topbaş described as the heaviest snow in seven years.

Turkish Airlines (THY) announced on Jan. 6 that it had canceled at least 192 scheduled domestic and international flights due to bad weather conditions, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Turkish Airlines (THY) announced on Dec. 13 that it had cancelled at least 20 scheduled domestic and international flights due to bad weather conditions, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

A 250-year-old Ottoman-era building in Istanbul's Fatih district has undergone an unauthorized restoration, prompting investigations by authorities. 

The Yusuf Ağa Sibyan Mektebi, an Ottoman-era elementary school, currently under the administration of the Independent Art Foundation, was concreted and painted with tile color on its external front. 

Over 60 cases of pedophiles on the Internet have been uncovered by units of the General Directorate for Combating Organised Crime (GDBOP) since the beginning of 2016, stated the chief of the Transborder Organised Crime department, Yavor Kolev, cited by BNR.