Turkey
Turkey is a large country located in southeast Europe and Western Asia. It borders Bulgaria, Greece, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Georgia, Syria and Iraq. Its ports play an important role in the economy as it has long coastlines with the Black Sea, Aegean Sea and Mediterranean Sea. Major ports are owned and operated by Turkish State Railways (TCDD) or the Turkish Maritime Organization (TDİ). Its top ports are Haydarpaşa (Istanbul), Mersin, Izmir, Eregli, Ambarli and Gemlik. The country is developing its role as an intermodal trade hub between Europe and Asia. The Turkish port operators association is TÜRKLİM-Türkiye Liman İşletmecileri Derneği.
Turkish foreign minister visits Malta
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu met with Malta’s Minister for European and Foreign Affairs Evarist Bartolo of Malta in Antalya on 12...
Article by Greek Prime Minister published in leading European newspapers
Article by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis published simultaneously in The Times, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and Le Monde – Government of...
Turkey: Total cargo handling by port – Jan-Aug 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) September 9, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Ulaştırma ve Altyapı Bakanı) has published total...
Turkey: Total cargo handling statistics for seaports Jan-Aug 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) September 9, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Ulaştırma ve Altyapı Bakanı) has published total...
Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Afghanistan agree steps to increase cargo along Lapis Lazuli corridor
Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) September 8, 2020 – A trilateral online meeting was held with the participation of representatives of the transport sector...
Greek Prime Minister meets Yang Jiechi, Chinese politician and diplomat
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met today at the Maximos Palace with Yang Jiechi, member of the Politburo and Director of the Foreign Affairs Committee of...
Italy and Turkey‘s Europe-to-Africa commercial corridor: a new Mediterranean strategic paradigm
Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES): Italy and Turkey‘s Europe-to-Africa Commercial Corridor: Rome and Ankara‘s Geopolitical...
Greek and Maltese minister discuss issues in the East Mediterranean
Statements by the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, N. Dendia, at the end of his meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Affairs of Malta,...
Kumport Port to receive the Zero Waste Certificate
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) September 3, 2020 – Kumport Port Operations is the first business in Istanbul to receive the Zero Waste Certificate issued...
Fitch Maintains Negative Rating Watch on Global Liman Isletmeleri
Fitch Ratings has maintained the Rating Watch Negative (RWN) on Global Liman Isletmeleri A.S.’s (GLI) USD250 million senior unsecured notes due in...
First cruise ship returns to Kuşadası since pandemic
Kuşadası, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 31, 2020 – Kuşadası port in Western Turkey has welcomed the first international cruise ship visit since the...
Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs joins informal EU meeting in Berlin
Statements by Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, N. Dendia, at the end of the EU informal Council (Gymnich) of the EU Foreign Ministers – August 28, 2020...
Turkish and Libyan officials meet
Meeting of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu with President Khaled al-Mishri of the High Council of State of Libya – August 28, 2020 Foreign...
CMPort sees revenue down over 8% in first half of 2020
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) August 28, 2020 – China Merchants Port Holdings Company Limited (CMPort) has announced unaudited consolidated interim...
Turkey looks to build Cypriot port base
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 27, 2020 – The increased and controversial activities of Turkish ships in the Eastern Mediterranean has led the...
Turkey’s Global Ports Holding Plc reports reduced financials for H1 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 20, 2020 – Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), the world’s largest independent cruise port operator, has...
Maersk Blockchain Tradelens program is now active on Yilport
The Yilport-TradeLens cooperation has started. As of July 2020, data flow started at Yilport Gebze and Gemport Terminals in Turkey – August 18, 2020...
Cihat Lokmanoğlu, Chairman, Mersin Chamber of Shipping, comments on Beirut port
Mersin, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 10, 2020 – Speaking to the local Refleks newspaper, Cihat Lokmanoğlu, Chairman of the Board of Mersin Chamber of...
Turkey: Container handling by port authority January-July 2020
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 17, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Ulaştırma ve Altyapı Bakanı) has published figures for...
Turkey: Container handling January-July 2020
lyIstanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) August 17, 2020 – The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (Ulaştırma ve Altyapı Bakanı) has published ports’...