The Brexit vote in 2016 meant that the time would soon come for the UK to negotiate new trade deals with both their European & Global counterparts, and after months of negotiation it’s looking likely that Turkey & the UK have come to an agreement. It’s an important step forward given that the UK is Turkey’s second biggest market with a volume of £18.8 billion, and a plethora of companies...
Turkey's first domestically produced train should be ready for testing by the end of August, and hopefully be in service by the end of the year, Turkey's Technology and Industry Minister Mustafa Varank has announced, from (TÜVASA?) Turkish Wagon Industry plant in the northwestern province of Sakarya. Design and operating speeds of the first electric train were planned at 176 kph (109.3 mph) and 160 kph...
As the world started to ease the lockdown last month, and try to re-start the tourism industry, which for many contributes to such a huge part of their national GDP, Turkey was one of the first to introduce a ‘Safe Tourism Certification’ program which bought in a series of measures to allow for the safe re-opening of transportation hubs, accommodation facilities and amenities whilst still ensuring that...
So holidays are back on the menu again for anyone looking to holiday in Turkey. With quarantine free travel tourists are slowly bnut surely starting to return. Early in July the UK Government included Turkey in its list of safe countries to holiday in this summer, and from mid July the flights will start rolling in, capacity set to increase into August. with more charter planes arriving. UK Tourists are...
A trip to Fethiye is not complete without experiencing the route from Fethiye to Calis by Water taxi, a far more comfortable and exciting journey than taking the car, bicycle, or walking. Okay, it’s not the quickest, we appreciate that, but on a warm summer day and with it costing just 13 Lira for a one way trip it’s inexcusable not to at least try it! The trip lasts around half an hour and on your...
Turkey has been declared ‘well placed’ to fully recover and grow stronger during the second half of 2020, and even though Covid-19 put a big strain on the economy, based on the beginning of the year where it grew by 4.5% in the first quarter when compared to 2019, it will bounce back. With the idea of attracting further investment from outside of Turkey, they are also aiming to challenge China, and...
Cultural Tourism Minisiter Mehmet Nure Ersoy says, the tourist resort of Bodrum on the Aegean will be a centre for Cultural activities. Restorations works at Bodrum Castle began in October 2017. The first phase of the restoration was completed on Museum Day, May 18, last year. June 28th saw the opening ceremony to mark the reopening of the Castle after long restoration works costing some 93,million...
Congratulations are in order to Volkan Bozkir a former Turkish Ambassador who becomes President of the 75th UN General Assembly, he will be the first Turkish National to head the General Assembly, taking officce in September for a year. Congratulations came from far and wide on his appointment, spomeone with an independent voice, and someone who will stand for diplomacy. The european union looks...
As you will have seen around the world, the global Covid-19 pandemic has put economies at a standstill and even with stimulus packages, some to the value of billions of dollars, to shore the markets up, it hasn’t stopped one of the biggest declines that we’ve seen for a long long time, probably since around 1870. The Work Bank who recently issued their latest report on the Global Economic Prospects...
Istanbul's chance to host the 2020 Champions League Final was cancelled due to the corona virus a few weeks go, with UEFA deciding on a mini tournament format to take place in Portugal, and the Europa League Final in the same format in Germany. The reason is to complete in a quicker format, in a country not hit as hard as some of its European neighbours. A review of whether any fans will view the...