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The years-long restoration works at Istanbul's historic Haydarpaşa Train Station are set to be completed this year, including the archaeological site where findings from the excavations will be exhibited, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu has said.

Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu announced the inauguration of the "Touristic Tatvan Train," set to commence operations between Ankara and Tatvan on June 24.

The train will carry 140 passengers on its 1,262-kilometer journey, which will take approximately 28 hours and feature a unique travel experience aimed at enhancing Türkiye's tourism sector.

The ongoing Halkalı-Kapıkule High-Speed Railway project, a key component of the Asia-Europe corridor, is driving investment in Thrace, a region bordering Istanbul.

The project, announced in 2019, is expected to significantly reduce travel time between Halkalı and Kapıkule, boosting both passenger and freight transportation.

Total passenger traffic at Turkish airports increased by 13 percent in the January-May period from a year ago reach more than 82 million, data from the General Directorate of State Airports Authority (DHMİ) have shown.

The international passenger tally rose by 14.4 percent to 44.9 million, while domestic passengers were up 11 percent annually to 37.1 million.

The Orient Express is leaving Istanbul on June 7, continuing its journey back to Paris with its next round of passengers.

The luxury train, which departed from Paris on June 1 and having passed through Zurich, Vienna, Budapest, Bucharest and Varna, arrived in Istanbul on June 5 where it was greeted by a Mehteran (Ottoman band) group at Sirkeci station.

Türkiye has dispatched its first domestically produced communications satellite, Türksat-6A, to the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, the U.S., where it will be launched into space next month.

The satellite embarked on a 17-hour journey aboard a cargo aircraft, after which it will be entrusted to the teams of Elon Musk's SpaceX.

Following controversy over the Turkish National Women's Volleyball Team's 13-hour economy class flight to the United States, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdülkadir Uraloğlu has intervened and pledged that the team would travel business class on their return journey.

Social media platform X has established a representative office in Türkiye and will now operate in the country from its Istanbul-based office, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu has announced.

A draft law proposed by the Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu has sparked significant reactions by mandating that all passengers, including judges and prosecutors, undergo searches at airport entrances.

The draft law, which seeks to amend civil aviation regulations, introduces stringent security measures at airports.

Türkiye has spearheaded the world's most expansive hot air balloon operations, having welcomed over 5.8 million balloon passengers in the past 13 years, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu has announced.