Ankara: Turkish Airlines, Turkey’s flag carrier air company, hosted in Istanbul 28,000 passengers from 28 countries in its stopover project over the past two years, the company said Friday. The national flag carrier added 16 countries, including Japan, China, and ...
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Yalova City (Turkey) : Turkish forensic officers have begun searching a luxury villa in Yalova, a city southeast of Istanbul, after launching an investigation there as part of a hunt for evidence that might lead to the remains of murdered ...
Read More »Istanbul to host SESRIC-IsDB Symposium on Financing for Development today
Istanbul : The Turkish city of Istanbul will host Thursday the International Symposium on Financing for Development, under the theme of “Thinking Innovative Solutions to Persistent Development Challenges”. The two-day event is being organized by the Statistical, Economic, Social Research ...
Read More »Khashoggi died in fight at Istanbul consulate: Saudi Arabia
Riyadh : Saudi Arabia has confirmed that missing journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi died in a fist fight involving more than a dozen Saudi officials at the country’s consulate in Istanbul, the media reported on Saturday. A statement ...
Read More »Istanbul hosts workshop on IsDB’s policy of engagement with civil society
Istanbul : A major consultative workshop was held recently here for two days in Turkey on IsDB’s policy of engagement with the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in different member countries. A joint effort by IsDB and SESRIC and partners in ...
Read More »Expansion to boost Istanbul airport capacity to 41M
Istanbul: The new building at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen Airport’s domestic terminal — representing a €26 million ($30.5 million) investment — will boost the airport’s annual passenger capacity to over 40 million, Istanbul’s governor said on Tuesday. “It started with a ...
Read More »Istanbul Summit to discuss steps of OIC countries towards Jerusalem
Istanbul : The Islamic Summit, to be held in Istanbul on Friday, will discuss the positions and steps of Muslim countries to defend the cause of Palestine and Jerusalem through cooperation and solidarity with the Palestinian state and its people. ...
Read More »Turkey’s Borsa Istanbul up at open
By Jeyhun Aliyev, Ankara: Turkey’s stock exchange rose 0.09 percent, or 87.28 points, to open at 102,467.96 points on Friday. On the last transaction day of the week, the banking sector index declined 0.36 percent and the holding sector index ...
Read More »Turkey, US discuss ties in Istanbul
Istanbul : The Turkish President’s Security and Foreign Policy Adviser Ibrahim Kalin met US National Security Adviser Herbert Raymond McMaster here and discussed issues that are hurting bilateral ties, the Turkish media reported on Sunday. Joint efforts against terrorism, long-term ...
Read More »OIC expects halal products market to grow up to $6.4 trillion by 2019
Istanbul : The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) stated that the size of the global halal products market has grown exponentially in the last decade, from $3.7 trillion in 2012 and expected to reach $6.4 trillion by 2019. This was ...
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