Turkish airline, telecoms firm to halt US advertising

Turkey's national airline and its main telecoms firm will halt advertising in US media in response to the crisis in relations between the two allies, company officials said Tuesday. Turkish Airlines and Turk Telekom made their announcements after a campaign on Twitter calling for an end to advertising in US media outlets. The moves came as president Tayyip Erdogan, whose govt is locked in dispute with Washington over the fate of a US evangelical pastor on trial in Turkey, announced a boycott Tuesday of US electronic goods. An official at one of the companies said the advertising boycott would encompass all written, visual and social media, although existing advertising campaign agreements would not be affected. "We as Turkish Airlines are taking our place alongside our state and people," A senior VP wrote on Twitter. <br/>