Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept. 3 / Trend A. Taghiyeva /
Turkey is to design and build an aircraft, Turkish Minister of Transport and Maritime Traffic and Communications Binali Yildirim was quoted by TRT Haber TV channel as saying.
According to the minister, the initial project has been recently adopted by the Turkish Council of Ministers.
"The aircraft will be manufactured in Turkey and have 60-120 passenger seats," Yildirim added.
The minister also stressed that production of the Turkish aircraft will begin no later than 2023.