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Turkey to Offer Fuel Subsidies for Flights to Five Tourist Spots

Turkey to Offer Fuel Subsidies for Flights to Five Tourist Spots

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 20, 2016 | Business

FRANKFURT – Turkey will offer jet fuel subsidies for flights to five of its tourist hot spots as part of its efforts to safeguard tourism revenue after a suicide bombing in Istanbul last week killed 10 German tourists. Airlines will receive $6,000 per flight to...

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Turkish Tourism Not Destroyed by Bombing

Turkish Tourism Not Destroyed by Bombing

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 14, 2016 | Business

ISTANBUL – On a normal winter’s day, Ramazan Uslanmaz would lead two groups of tourists around Istanbul’s historic Sultanahmet district, from the towering minarets of the Blue Mosque to the labyrinthine alleyways of the Grand Bazaar. But since a...

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Istanbul Bomber Registered in Turkey but Not on Wanted List

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 13, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

ISTANBUL – A suicide bomber who killed himself and 10 German tourists in Istanbul’s historic heart had registered with Turkish immigration authorities but was not on any list of known militant suspects, Reuters reported Wednesday citing Interior Ministry...

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Suicide bomber kills at least 10 and injures many at tourist hotspot in Turkey

Syrian Suicide Bomber behind Explosion in Turkey

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 12, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said that a Syrian suicide bomber is responsible for an attack which killed ten people so far, including foreigners in the heart of Istanbul’s historic Sultanahmet tourist district on Jan 12, Reuters reported. Two senior Turkish...

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Tourists count their money after changing foreign currency to Turkish lira at a currency exchange office in Istanbul, Turkey, on August 19, 2015. (Reuters/Murad Sezer)

As Turkish lira crumbles, Nov. 1 election date is floated

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 20, 2015 | Middle East

Ankara, Istanbul and Diyarbakır, Reuters—Turkey’s election commission has proposed that any snap parliamentary election should be held on November 1, officials of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) said on Thursday, reinforcing the sense that a...