Erdogan Opens New ‘Istanbul Airport,’ Turkey’s Biggest

President Tayyip Erdogan opened a new $11.7 billion airport outside Istanbul on Monday that officials say will be one of the world's busiest, though delays mean it will not be fully operational until January. The airport will be able to handle 90 million passengers a year, and can be expanded to accommodate as many as 200 million, Erdogan said. For the first two months, however, it will be used for just a few flights within Turkey and to Azerbaijan and northern Cyprus — a setback...

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