Ministry of Transport, Maritime and Communication

The ministry has begun work on a legal regulation over the online sale of weapons amid discussions about individual gun ownership, Transport, Maritime and Communications Minister Ahmet Arslan said on Nov. 8.

A leading British consultancy named Türk Telekom on June 14 as Turkey's most valuable brand for 2017.        
According to the London-based Brand Finance valuation consultancy's list of top 100 Turkish brands for the year, the integrated telecommunications service provider topped the list with a brand value worth more than $2.6 billion.        

As a child, it was one of my favorite things to go the post office and see whether any new stamps had arrived or not. Back in the day, I was trying to create the world's biggest stamp collection. In my teenage years, the PTT was still important, as I was a boarding student and land lines were the only option if I wanted to talk to my family.

Türk Telekom has signed a cooperation protocol with Turkey's national postal service PTT for real estate development, the telecom company said in a written statement on March 17. 

A penalty will be assessed to GSM operators who do not meet the quotas for usage of domestic products in adopting advanced 4G technologies, a top official has warned. 

Turkey's state-run defense company ASELSAN and mobile operators Turkcell, Türk Telekom and Vodafone have cooperated to develop a base station antenna to be used for the 4.5G network.

Transport Minister Ahmet Arslan attended the signature ceremony on Jan. 26 on the sidelines of the "5G and Beyond Technologies Conference" about the use of the domestic base station antenna. 

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said efforts were underway to resolve debt repayment problems at the main shareholder in partly state-owned Türk Telekom, including a formula to "permanently" overcome the difficulties.

U.K.-based satellite communications company Inmarsat and Turkey's satellite operator TurkSat have signed a partnership agreement to collaborate in the satellite service, maritime communication, defense and aerospace sectors.

The Türk Telekom Group has said that its board of directors decided to appoint Boulos H.B. Doany as new CEO-general manager effective as of Sept. 26, in a written statement. 
The group's former chief, Rami Aslan, resigned from his position after three years of service in late August, yet he continued to serve as CEO at Türk Telekom until a new appointment was made.

Türk Telekom has built a high-capacity submarine data network at the Aegean resort town of Marmaris as a part of a $700-million project.

The SEA-ME-WE-5 project will connect 17 countries, including Turkey, to a system that stretches for more than 20,000 kilometers between Asia and Europe, according to company representatives.