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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.

A green area near Saros Bay in the northwestern province of Edirne has been destroyed by currently operating stone quarries in the area, which have turned it into smoke-covered infertile land.

Airline companies? operational costs have increased by 20 percent due to repeated delays at Istanbul?s Atatürk and Sabiha Gökçen airports amid ongoing construction work during the summer, according to sector representatives. 

Hundreds of bird species that call the ?zmir Bird Sanctuary home are in better shape thanks to intense local efforts to irrigate their habitat amid the hot summer temperatures Flora and fauna that include everything from fish to fowl to humans might be wilting under the soaring summer temperatures in Turkey, but the birds at the ?zmir Bird Sanctuary remain comfortable thanks to a round-t

Turkey expects to welcome more than 200 million air passengers by 2017, according to revised figures from the General Directorate of State Airports Authority (DHM?). 

The Interior Ministry announced the cancellation of annual and casual leaves of all police staff under the General Directorate of Security, until further notice.

Antalya Airport on Turkey's Mediterranean coast hit an all-time high in passenger traffic on July 18, with 169,000 passengers taking off or landing via 1,012 airplanes throughout the day. 

The construction of Istanbul's huge new airport started as of May 1 this year, two years after the tender, under the shadow of challenges at the construction site and questions over the potential environmental effects of the project The construction of Istanbul's new airport officially started on May 1, 2015, after the General Directorate of State Airports Authority (DHM?) officially han

A Syriac church dating back to the 4th century in Turkey?s southeastern province of Mardin, has been put for sale on a real estate website for 12.5 million Turkish Liras, while the institutions responsible ancient sites have remained mum on the situation.

The new under-construction airport in Istanbul will be operational by 2018 with two landing fields and one terminal, General Directorate of State Airports (DHM?) head Serdar Hüseyin Y?ld?r?m has vowed, amid recent delays in building work.