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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 338

Atatürk Airport

A plane passes as firefighters attempt to extinguish a burning private airplane that crashed at Ataturk Airport on September 21, 2017 in Istanbul. (AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSE)
September 22, 2017, 1:18 am
Private jet crashes Istanbul’s main airport, bursts into flame
Plane speeds off runway, catches fire, but all four occupants climb out to safety
By AFP
A Turkish emergency worker stand in front of a damaged bus on the site where a car bomb exploded near the stadium of football club Besiktas in central Istanbul on December 10, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / OZAN KOSE)
December 11, 2016, 1:17 am
Erdogan decries ‘ugly face of terror’ as twin blasts said to kill 13
Israel’s envoy condemns ‘hideous attack’ after car, suicide bombings strike Istanbul, outside soccer stadium and at nearby park
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Turkish emergency workers, police officers and forensic work on the site where a car bomb exploded near the stadium of football club Besiktas in central Istanbul on December 10, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/OZAN KOSE)
December 10, 2016, 10:17 pm
At least 13 said killed in suicide and car bombings outside Istanbul stadium
Interior minister says target was bus of riot police deployed to soccer game at Besiktas grounds; transport minister brands it ‘terrorist attack’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A Turkish Airlines flight (photo credit: CC BY-SA BriYYZ/Flickr/File)
July 28, 2016, 7:32 pm
Turkey sees over 40% drop in visitors amid security crisis
Figures from before Ankara airport attack and failed coup show massive decline in tourism at start of summer season
By AFP
The main terminal building at Istanbul's Atatürk Airport, November 2013. (CC BY-SA/Wikimedia commons/Milan Suvajac)
July 17, 2016, 2:22 am
Airlines, governments suspend Turkey flights after coup
Despite Ankara’s efforts to return to routine, US cites security concerns as FAA issues blanket air travel ban
By AFP
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim (C), flanked by Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag (L), Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces Hulusi Akar (2nd L), Turkish Interior Minister Efkan Ala (2nd R) and Turkish Defence Minister Fikri Isik (R), gives a press conference outside the Cankaya Palace in Ankara, on July 16, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/ADEM ALTAN)
July 16, 2016, 3:18 pm
After 250 killed in foiled coup, Turkish PM says situation now ‘under control’
With 2,800 of the military detained, Ankara looks to the suspected culprit — Erdogan’s arch enemy Fethullah Gulen
By Fulya Ozerkan, Stuart Williams and Caroline Henshaw
People react after taking over a military position on the Bosphorus bridge in Istanbul on July 16, 2016, following an apparently thwarted military coup in Turkey. (AFP PHOTO/GURCAN OZTURK)
July 16, 2016, 8:02 am
90 dead, 1,500 soldiers arrested as Turkey’s military coup falters
Erdogan says government back in control, although fighting continues in some areas; troops loyal to president rescue his chief of staff from plotters
By Agencies
People stand outside the entrance after a terror attack at Turkey's Ataturk airport in Istanbul, June 28, 2016. (AFP/OZAN KOSE)
July 11, 2016, 2:12 pm
Turkey charges 7 more over Istanbul airport attacks
37 foreigners have been arrested for their role in terror attack that killed 47
By Agencies
Two days after a triple suicide bombing, a passenger looks at the pictures of killed airport employees at Ataturk airport international terminal in Istanbul on June 30, 2016. (AFP/OZAN KOSE/)
July 4, 2016, 2:10 pm
2 Islamic State suspects said detained at Istanbul airport
Police find night-vision binoculars and military-style clothes in passengers’ suitcases, passports in different names
By AFP
Bullet impacts are pictured on a window at Ataturk airport's International airport on June 29, 2016, a day after a suicide bombing and gun attack targeted Istanbul's airport, killing at least 41people. (AFP/Ozan Kose)
June 29, 2016, 9:23 pm
Report: Foreign intel agencies warned Turkey of impending attack
Obama offers security assistance to ally in wake of deadly assault, while spokesman points finger at Islamic State
By ToI Staff and AFP
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin speaks at a press conference after a session of the EU Parliament in Brussels on June 22, 2016. (AFP Photo/John Thys)
June 29, 2016, 8:55 pm
Rivlin sends condolences to Erdogan for ‘cowardly, murderous’ bombing
In wake of deadly Istanbul terror attack, president says Israeli-Turkish reconciliation ‘sends a strong message to the terrorists’
By JTA
A Turkish riot police officer patrols Ataturk Airport's main entrance in Istanbul, on June 28, 2016. (Ozan Kose/AFP)
June 29, 2016, 5:54 pm
Airport blasts are fresh blow to Turkey’s struggling tourism industry
Foreign visitors seen avoiding Turkey’s storied beaches and monuments after terror attacks claim 200 since start of year
By Pascale TROUILLAUD
The daughter (center) of Siddik Turgan, who died in the June 28, 2016 Ataturk airport attack that killed 41 people, reacts as her father's coffin is carried nearby during his funeral ceremony on June 29, 2016 in Istanbul. (AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILIC)
June 29, 2016, 3:57 pm
Istanbul death toll rises to 41 as Turkey hunts for perpetrators
At least 13 foreigners among those killed in triple suicide bombings at Ataturk airport; 239 hurt, with 130 still hospitalized
By AFP
Workers assess damage at the explosions and attacks site in Ataturk airport's international arrivals terminal on June 29, 2016, a day after a suicide bombing and gun attack targeted Istanbul's airport (AFP/OZAN KOSE)
June 29, 2016, 12:58 pm
Israelis condemn ‘hideous’ Turkey airport attack
Knesset speaker blasts terrorists ‘who sanctify death’; MK Yair Lapid chides world for criticizing Israel more than Muslims who kill Muslims
By Stuart Winer
Turkish forensic police officers work at the scene of a blast outside Istanbul's Ataturk airport, late Tuesday, June 28, 2016. (AP/Emrah Gurel)
June 29, 2016, 11:39 am
International community condemns ‘despicable’ Istanbul attack
Turkey believes Islamic State responsible for killing 36, wounding 140 in triple suicide bombing and gun assault on airport
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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