During the last few years, there have been some terrorist incidents in major cities as well. Unauthorized purchase or removal from Turkey of antiquities or other important cultural artifacts is strictly forbidden. Major European airlines as well as Delta Air Lines have frequent non-stop flights to Turkey. THY has a number of flights daily between Ankara and Istanbul. THY also has daily flights to other cities in Turkey.
Rail transportation is also available between most of the major cities.
Public transportation is available in the cities. However, businessmen are advised to use taxis. Taxi fares are relatively low. The official language spoken by more than 90 percent of the population is Turkish. Most educated Turks have a command of at least one foreign language, with sufficient fluency to carry out business transactions.