adnan menderes

Today marks 69 years since the day when the Hellenism of Constantinople became the scapegoat for the beginning of the EOKA struggle for the unification of Cyprus with Greece. Two seemingly unconnected events, in two different geographical areas, but with the same “object”. Turkey’s intention to impose itself in the eastern Mediterranean by pushing aside the “obstacle” of the Greeks.

Constantinople was the capital of the eastern Christian world since Emperor Constantine in 330 A.D.

Total passenger traffic at Türkiye's airports increased by 42 percent last year from 2021 to 182 million, data from the General Directorate of State Airports Authority (DHMİ).

Some 29.6 million passengers went through Turkey's airports in the first three months of 2022, pointing to a strong 67.4 percent increase from a year ago, data from the General Directorate of State Airports Authority (DHMİ) has shown.

Police at Aegean province of İzmir's international airport detained five Iranian nationals trying to smuggle heroin in capsules hidden in their stomachs, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Feb. 19.

Turkey's airports served a total of 13.93 million passengers in January, a slight 0.8 percent decline from a year ago, data from the airports authority (DHMİ) have shown.