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Filo Denizcilik resumes cargo sailings after Filo Jet tragedy

Filo Denizcilik has been permitted to resume some commercial sailings between Türkiye and North Cyprus less than a month after one of its passenger ferries sank off Girne, killing at least 15 people.The company’s Ro-Ro cargo vessel Şampiyon Melekler has returned to the Mersin–Mağusa route after rece...

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Newcastle named Britain’s top property investment location for 2026/27

Newcastle upon Tyne has been named Britain’s strongest major property investment location heading into 2027, outperforming Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester in a new study of 30 cities and investment markets.The Beyond Stays Group Property Investor Index 2026/27 ranked locations across England,...

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Turkish Airlines orders 100 Boeing jets, with option for 50 more

Turkish Airlines has placed its largest order for Boeing single-aisle aircraft, agreeing to buy 100 737 MAX jets with options for a further 50.The agreement, announced in New York last week in the presence of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, covers 100 Boeing 737-8 aircraft. It also allows th...

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The Divided Island filmmaker seeks investment for Mediterranean film studio

Filmmaker Cey Sesiguzel is seeking £450,000 to expand Two Fresh Studios, an independent film company in London that is focused on stories with “Mediterranean roots and international appeal”.The British Turkish Cypriot filmmaker presented the company’s plans to a group of angel investors and business...

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Enfield supermarket boss evicted after turning council allotment into commercial storage site

A British businessman and his supermarket company have been evicted from a council-owned allotment in north London after the land was unlawfully converted into a commercial storage and access area.Suleyman Tekagac, director of Öncü Food Centre, and the company were ordered by Wandsworth County Court...

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‘Topal Ali’: pioneering British Turkish supermarket businessman Ali Gül Güneş dies aged 85

Ali Gül Güneş, the pioneering British Turkish businessman affectionately known across London’s Turkish community as “Topal Ali”, has died aged 85.Güneş, who died on 14 August, was one of the best-known figures among the first generation of migrants from Turkiye to settle in Britain and played an imp...

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Azerbaijan turns its ‘king of fruits’ into a growing export success

Azerbaijan is hoping one of its most cherished national symbols can also become a major international business success, as the country expands production and exports of its celebrated pomegranates.A report by Euronews Business last week highlighted how Azerbaijan is seeking to turn the fruit – known...

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Istanbul flies past Heathrow to become Europe’s busiest airport

Istanbul Airport has overtaken London Heathrow as Europe’s busiest airport, marking a major milestone for Türkiye’s rapidly expanding aviation sector and one of the clearest signs yet of Istanbul’s emergence as a global transport hub.The Turkish airport handled 8.15 million passengers in July, nearl...

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Turkish AI pioneer Koray Kavukcuoglu takes the helm at Google DeepMind

Türkiye-born computer scientist Koray Kavukcuoglu has been handed one of the most influential jobs in global technology, taking over the day-to-day leadership of Google DeepMind as the tech giant intensifies its race to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI).Google and Alphabet chief executiv...

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Turkish aviation giant TAV agrees $133m deal to take full ownership of Kazakhstan’s largest airport

Turkish airport operator TAV Airports is set to become the sole owner of Almaty International Airport after agreeing to purchase the remaining 15% stake in Kazakhstan’s largest and busiest airport for $133 million. TAV pursued the deal though its Dutch subsidiary Aviator Netherlands B.V., incre...

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