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Şanlıurfa GAP Airport
Şanlıurfa GAP Airport is an airport located in Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. It is located about northeast of the city centre of Şanlıurfa. The airport is part of the Southeastern Anatolia Project (, known as "GAP"), a regional development project in the area of the Atatürk Dam. The new airport is known as the "GAP airport" because it is designed to service the workers in the GAP project as well as the city of Şanlıurfa. Opened the 17 June 2007, it replaced the old Şanlıurfa Airport , which was located south of the city. The airport facilities include cafes, car hire offices, and airline ticket offices, but almost all facilities, including even the taxi rank, are staffed only when flights are due. The airport operates special flights to Saudi Arabia during Hajj and Umrah season to Jeddah Airport and Medina Airport. Airlines and destinations The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Şanlıurfa Airport: Ground transportation Havaş op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Şanlıurfa
Urfa, officially called Şanlıurfa (), is a city in southeastern Turkey and the capital of Şanlıurfa Province. The city was known as Edessa from Hellenistic times and into Christian times. Urfa is situated on a plain about east of the Euphrates. Its climate features extremely hot, dry summers and cool, moist winters. About northeast of the city is the famous Neolithic site of Göbekli Tepe, the world's oldest known temple, which was founded in the 10th millennium BC. The area was part of a network of the first human settlements where the agricultural revolution took place. Because of its association with Jewish, Christian, and Islamic history, and a legend according to which it was the hometown of Abraham, Urfa is nicknamed the "City of Prophets." Religion is important in Urfa. The city "has become a center of fundamentalist Islamic beliefs" and "is considered one of the most devoutly religious cities in Turkey". The city is located 30 miles from the Atatürk Dam, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AJet
AJet, formerly branded as AnadoluJet until 31 March 2024, is a Turkish low-cost airline operating domestic flights as well as international flights to Northern Cyprus, Europe and Western Asia from its base at Sabiha Gökçen International Airport. It is a subsidiary of Turkish Airlines which previously operated it as a trademark before becoming an independent airline. History AnadoluJet AnadoluJet was created on 23 April 2008 as a trademark by Turkish Airlines. In March 2020, the brand was reconfigured to apply to the entire Turkish Airlines international route network operating from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, consisting of over 20 routes. AJet In February 2023, Turkish Airlines confirmed plans to spin off AnadoluJet from an incorporated brand name into an independent airline with the name ‚''AJet Hava Taşımacılığı Anonim Şirketi'' (), but it will continue to be a 100% subsidiary of Turkish Airlines. Turkish Airlines said in a stock market discl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airports In Turkey
This is a list of airports in Turkey, sorted by location. Airports , - , Alanya , LTFG , GZP , Alanya Gazipaşa Airport, Gazipaşa Airport , } , - , Antalya , LTAI , AYT , Antalya Airport , } , - , Balıkesir , LTFD , EDO , Balıkesir Koca Seyit Airport , } , - , Bursa , LTBR , YEI , Bursa Yenişehir Airport , } , - , Denizli , LTAY , DNZ , Denizli Çardak Airport , } , - , Diyarbakır , LTCC , DIY , Diyarbakır Airport , } , - , Elazığ , LTCA , EZS , Elazığ Airport , } , - , Erzurum , LTCE , ERZ , Erzurum Airport , } , - , Eskişehir , LTBY , AOE , Eskişehir Anadolu Airport, Eskişehir Hasan Polatkan Airport , } , - , Gaziantep , LTAJ , GZT , Oğuzeli Airport, Gaziantep Airport , } , - , Hatay , LTDA , HTY , Hatay Airport , } , - , Isparta , LTFC , ISE , Isparta Süleyman Demirel Airport , } , - , Istanbul , LTFM , IST , Istanbul Airport , } , - , Istanbul , LTFJ , SAW , Sabiha Gökçen International Air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siverek
Siverek (; ; ) is a municipality and district of Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Its area is 3,936 km2, and its population is 267,942 (2022). Siverek is in the Şanlıurfa province but is geographically closer to the large city of Diyarbakır (approx. 83 km). A majority of the population of the province is Zaza Kurds. History Siverek was historically known in medieval Arabic as Hisn ar-Ran (), which was corrupted into Greek as Chasanara (), as found in the Escorial Taktikon. The town came under Byzantine control sometime after 956 and had become the seat of a ''strategos'' by the early 970s. Together with Edessa, Gargar, Samosata and Hisn Mansur formed part of the Byzantine defence system up to the 1060s when 200 Frankish horsemen were stationed there. In the Ottoman Empire period, Siverek was within the Diyarbekir vilayet, and it had several Christian settlements. Demographics 9,275 Armenians lived in the kaza on the eve of the First World War according to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Istanbul Airport
Istanbul Airport is the larger of two international airports serving Istanbul, Turkey. It is located in the Arnavutköy district on the European side of the city. It is the largest airport in Turkey, the largest privately-owned airport in the world and the second busiest airport in Europe as well as the second busiest airport in the Middle East. All scheduled commercial passenger flights were transferred from Atatürk Airport to Istanbul Airport on 6 April 2019, following the closure of Atatürk Airport for scheduled passenger flights. The IATA airport code IST was also transferred to the new airport. It served more than 76 million passengers in 2023, making it second-busiest airport in Europe of 2023, after Heathrow Airport and the second-busiest airport in the Middle East, after Dubai International Airport, it was also the seventh-busiest airport in the world of 2023 in terms of total passenger traffic and, by serving more than 58 million international passengers, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Airlines
Turkish Airlines (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Türk Hava Yolları''), or legally Türk Hava Yolları Anonim Ortaklığı, is the flag carrier of Turkey. , it operates scheduled services to 352 destinations (including cargo) in Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, and the Americas. The airline serves more destinations non-stop from a single airport than any other airline in the world and flies to 131 countries, List of airlines by countries served, more than any other airline. With an operational fleet of 24 cargo aircraft, the airline's cargo division Turkish Cargo serves 82 destinations. The airline also owns a low-cost subsidiary, AJet. The airline's corporate headquarters are on the grounds of Atatürk Airport in Yeşilköy, Bakırköy, Istanbul. The airline's main base is Istanbul Airport in Arnavutköy (district), Arnavutköy. It has been a member of the Star Alliance network since 1 April 2008. History Early years Turkish Airlines was established on 20 May 1933 as ''Turkish St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ä°zmir Adnan Menderes Airport
İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport is an international airport serving İzmir and most of the surrounding İzmir Province, province in Turkey. It is named after former Turkish prime minister Adnan Menderes. Overview İzmir's main airport is located southwest of the city center in the Gaziemir district along the State road D.550 (Turkey), D.550/European route E87, E87 highway, which continues south through Selçuk and Aydın before eventually reaching Gökova in Muğla Province, Muğla. The new international terminal, which was designed by Yakup Hazan Architecture, opened in September 2006, with the new domestic terminal opening around March 2014. It replaced Çiğli Air Base which is now used only as a military base. In 2024, ADB served 11.5 million passengers, 6.7 million of which were domestic passengers. It ranks 5th in terms of total passenger traffic (after Istanbul Airport, Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, Sabiha Gökçen Airport, Antalya Airport, Ankara Esenboğa Airpor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antalya Airport
Antalya Airport is a major international airport located northeast of the city centre of Antalya, Turkey. It is a major destination during the European summer leisure season due to its location at the country's Mediterranean coast. It handled 38,254,905 million passengers in 2024, making it the third-busiest airport in Turkey, and the 6th busiest airport in the Middle East (as of 2024). The airport has two international terminals and one domestic terminal. Antalya is one of the major airports in southwestern Turkey, the others being Bodrum and Dalaman. Among the top 50 busiest airports in the world by passenger numbers in 2021, Antalya saw the highest growth in passenger numbers at 125.8%. The airport's passenger numbers that year were among very few international airports to reach a level which matched or exceeded a normal operational year in the 2010s decade. The airport and its flights are estimated to have emitted 1.87 million tonnes of greenhouse gas in 2023. History T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SunExpress
SunExpress is a Turkish-German airline based in Antalya. SunExpress was founded in October 1989 as a joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa. It operates scheduled and chartered passenger flights to 90 destinations in 30 countries in Europe as well as North Africa, the Mediterranean, Black Sea, and Red Sea. The airline concentrates on international tourism, domestic Turkish flights to cities in Anatolia, and wet leasing. The total number of SunExpress employees is 5,000. History Foundation and early years SunExpress was founded in Antalya in October 1989 as a joint venture of Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa. Its first flight was in 1990. SunExpress became the first private airline company to offer international scheduled flights from Turkey with its first Antalya-Frankfurt flight in 2001. SunExpress opened its second base in Ä°zmir and started to operate domestic flights in 2006. With this launch, SunExpress became the first airline company to connect Ä°zmir w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pegasus Airlines
Pegasus Airlines () (), sometimes stylized as Flypgs, is a Turkish low-cost airline headquartered in the Kurtköy area of Pendik, Turkey, with bases at several Turkish airports. History Foundation and early years On 1 December 1989, two businesses, Net and Silkar, partnered with Aer Lingus to create an inclusive tour charter airline called Pegasus Airlines; services were inaugurated on 15 April 1990 with two Boeing 737-400s. In Greek mythology, Pegasus (Greek: Πήγασος ''Pégasos'', 'strong') was a winged horse sired by Poseidon, in his role as horse-god, and foaled by the Gorgon Medusa. However, four months after the launch, Iraq invaded Kuwait, and the seven-month occupation that followed had a serious effect on Turkish tourism."Winged Horses over Istanbul" – ''Airliner World'', December 2008 By 1992, tourists began returning to the country, and Pegasus grew with the acquisition of a third 737-400. The airline leased a further two Airbus A320s to meet the summer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabiha Gökçen International Airport
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport is the secondary international airport serving Istanbul, Turkey. Located southeast of the city centre, Sabiha Gökçen Airport is in the Asian part of the transcontinental city and serves as the operating base for AJet and Pegasus Airlines. The airport is named after Sabiha Gökçen, adoptive daughter of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the first female fighter pilot in the world. Although Istanbul Airport, located west of the European side of Istanbul, is larger, Sabiha Gökçen is still List of the busiest airports in Turkey, one of the largest airports in the country and one of List of the busiest airports in the Middle East, the busiest airports in the Middle East. Overview Foundation The airport was built because Atatürk Airport (located on the European side) was not large enough to meet the booming passenger demands (both domestic and international). The airport opened on 8 January 2001. In June 2007, Turkish conglomerate Limak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
