Mali and Türkiye discuss resuming Turkish Airlines flights to Bamako
Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maïga raised the restart of Turkish Airlines flights to Bamako with Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz in Antalya on Tuesday.
Malian Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maïga, a army general, met Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz in Antalya, Türkiye, on Tuesday 10 November 2026, and the two men discussed the resumption of Turkish Airlines flights to Bamako, according to a statement from the Malian Prime Minister's office.
The talks reviewed relations between Mali and Türkiye and considered ways to strengthen them. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the COP31 climate conference hosted in Antalya, where Maïga represents Mali's transitional president, General Assimi Goïta.
The packet does not report a date for the flights to restart or any decision on them. It also does not give details of the wider cooperation agreed during the meeting.
Why it mattersTravellers between Bamako and Istanbul, and the Malian families and businesses that rely on that route, have no confirmed date for the service to return.