Economy of Turkey

A total of six banks will provide 4.5 billion euros ($5.11 billion) to a consortium involving five Turkish construction companies that will carry out the construction of what is expected to be the third airport in Istanbul with a capacity of 150 million passengers. 

A British passenger traveling from London to Arbil has committed suicide in Istanbul Atatürk Airport after missing her connecting flight. 

The 50-year-old British woman, identified as Jacqueline Anne Sutton, arrived in Istanbul at 9:58 p.m. on Oct. 17 with Turkish Airlines flight number 1986. 

Turkey announced on Oct. 15 that the beneficiaries of the people who lost their lives in the Ankara bombings will be eligible for a monthly payment of 820 Turkish liras ($283).

According to the Labor and Social Security Ministry, citizens hurt in the attack will also receive a monthly payment according to their disabilities ranging from between 497 to 820 liras ($171 to $283).

The Pentagon said on Thursday that its weekend air drop of ammunition was successfully delivered to Syrian Arab forces and, contrary to its previous statement, that it had no indication that "any of that equipment was shared with any other groups." 

Designers, design exhibitions and conferences on design have all come together under the same roof during Istanbul Design Week, which opened on Oct. 14 at the Old Hat Factory (Eski ?apka Fabrikas?).

The death toll in the Oct. 10 suicide bombing has risen to 106, the Ankara Chamber of Medical Doctors has said in a statement.

It added that a total of 89 people were still receiving treatment at hospitals in Ankara, with 20 of them in intensive care units as of Oct. 14.

The chamber also published a list naming all 106 killed in the bomb attack.

Ambassadors from European Union countries paid their respects to the 97 victims of the twin blasts at a peace rally in Ankara.
     
The ambassadors on Oct. 12 laid flowers outside Ankara's main train station - the site of the Turkey's deadliest terror attack in years.
     
They arrived in a convoy of cars bearing their countries flags.
     

Syria-based missile systems harassed four Turkish F-16 warplanes near the border between the two countries on Oct. 11, Turkey's military said in a statement on Oct. 12, adding that its units gave the "necessary response." 

A security footage of the twin blast in the capital Ankara, which killed at least 95 and injured 246, has been released.

The participants of the peace rally are seen running towards Ankara's main train station in panic following the blasts.

Here is another footage showing the moment of the blasts.

Baby caretta carettas start their journey from southern Turkey

Global Finance magazine has lowered the rank of Turkish Central Bank Governor Erdem Ba?ç? from B+ to C, ranking him as one of the worst performers this year. 

Ba?ç? was not graded in his first year in the job in 2011, but took a B+ in 2012, B in 2013, and B- in 2014.