Ahmet Arslan

The largest cargo companies in the world are in a rush to secure spots at Istanbul's new airport in-making, according to Turkish Transport Minister Ahmet Arslan.

Turkish Communications Minister Ahmet Arslan has dismissed allegations made by the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) that a German-made software was allegedly used to spy on the attendees of last year's "justice march."

The construction of Istanbul's third airport will be complete on time, Turkish Minister of Transportation, Maritime Affairs and Communications Ahmet Arslan said on April 3. 

Transport Minister Ahmet Arslan has claimed that the government’s new “domestic” messaging app, reportedly introduced to rival WhatsApp, will protect all users’ privacy and conversations on it will be untraceable.

The third airport in Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul, will open on Oct. 29, Transport Minister Ahmet Arslan was quoted on Feb. 10.

Turkey expects enhanced cooperation with Qatar, Turkey’s Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Minister Ahmet Arslan said on Jan. 1.

Turkish Transportation Minister Ahmet Arslan said on Dec. 31 that a surge in demand for seats on the Eastern Express, a train service that links Ankara with the Eastern province of Kars, could mean adding more wagons to the line.

Turkey saved $11 billion in 2016 through public-private partnership in infrastructural investments made between 2003 and 2016, Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications Minister Ahmet Arslan said on Dec. 29.

Istanbul’s Atatürk Airport will not be zoned for construction once the city’s third airport project is completed, Transportation, Maritime Affairs and Communications Minister Ahmet Arslan told daily Habertürk on Dec. 27.

Turkey will complete its indigenous maritime traffic system project in 16 months and put it into service by April, 2019, Ahmet Arslan, Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications said on Dec. 15.