Istanbul Atatürk Airport

An American man has been injured after he fell 12 meters down an escalator on Aug. 5 in the international terminal of Istanbul?s Atatürk Airport. 

A Turkish Airlines plane was searched in Istanbul's Atatürk Airport late Aug. 4 after a false bomb threat ahead of its flight to the southeastern province of Gaziantep.

The cabin crew found a note under a seat which said "there is a bomb on the plane" while cleaning the plane before the arrival of the passengers for the flight.

A Turkish Airlines (THY) plane flying from Istanbul to San Francisco has made an emergency landing in Warsaw after what a Polish television channel reported as a suspicious package was found on board, Associated Press reported late July 30. 

A bomb note found in a Turkish Airlines (THY) plane has caused delays in the national carrier's workflow at Istanbul's Atatürk Airport less than a week after a THY employee was fired for his purported role in a large number of fake bomb warnings in the past few months.

More than 6 million people traveled during the Eid holiday across Turkey, with around 5 million of them traveling by bus, 700,000 by air and 300,000 by rail, according to data compiled by Anadolu Agency. 

Istanbul?s Atatürk Airport saw all-time high flight traffic on July 21, with 1,389 airplanes taking off from or landing at the airport. The previous record ocurred on May 14 this year, with 1,375 landings and take-offs. 

A male crew member of Turkish Airlines (THY) has been detained for a bomb hoax on a plane flying from Istanbul to Basel in April.

English actress Emma Watson managed to elude Turkish media throughout her low-key three-day holiday in Istanbul, but she lashed out at journalists as she was frisked by airport police on her way back home.

TAV Airports has been voted the Best Turkish Company in Investor Relations (IR) in the 42nd Extel Survey. At the same time, TAV Airports President & CEO Sani ?ener was voted the best CEO, Vice President Burcu Geri? the Best CFO and head of IR Nursel ?lgen the Best IRO in Turkey, the company said in a written statement on June 9. 

I flew to Singapore on June 5 for a friend?s wedding. And since I could not make it back in time for the elections, I decided to stick around for a couple of days to meet up with investors interested in Turkey, as well as a few economists covering Singapore.