Istanbul Airport

Customs Enforcement teams of the Turkish Trade Ministry seized 34 kilograms 400 grams of cocaine in two separate operations at Istanbul Airport. The drugs were found in the luggage of passengers arriving from South America and Africa.…

An aircraft belonging to Iranian airline Caspian Airlines was seized at Istanbul Airport over a debt of 3 million euros. Passengers were removed from the plane.…

The Trade Ministry announced that 20 kilograms and 260 grams of methamphetamine were found in the luggage of two passengers arriving from Bangkok at Istanbul Airport.…

Mithat Sinan Bolak, a defendant in the İBB case who was not under arrest, was detained at Istanbul Airport at 05:00 upon arrival from Britain and taken to Çağlayan Courthouse. His lawyer Naim Karakaya said his statement is expected in Silivri.…

Writer Suzan Samancı, who returned to Türkiye from Switzerland, was detained at Istanbul Airport on charges of "making propaganda for an organization" and released with a ban on traveling abroad. The decision was made by the Peace Criminal Judgeship in Diyarbakır.…

Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu announced that, according to the EUROCONTROL report, Istanbul Airport was Europe's busiest airport on September 7-13 with an average of 1,643 daily flights, ranking 5th in the world with 829 departures.…

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said at the ceremony "We are in the Champions League of aviation" and noted that passenger numbers on domestic and international flights rose from 34.5 million in 2002 to more than 247 million in 2025. Transport and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said the 2,820-meter runway is the first built on an east-west axis.…