1. Turkey is an asian country. Calling turkish airlines a european carrier is laughable at best
Turkey is an European nation. Its capital is the largest city/capital of Europe. Turkey has historical roots in Europe as it was the ruling nation of almost half of Europe, and was most powerful superpower of Europe, and world, for centuries. European heritage comes from Turkish lands and vice versa. Hagia Sophia, earliest churches, major trade routes, and capital of Roman empire after Rome are areas that lie in today's Turkey
Turkey has a lot of European influence and Europe has alot of Turkish influence.
Turkey is an Euro-Asian nation.
2. turkish airlines won internet polls and thats it. Its not a worldclass carrier and for sure does not offer the level you have on renomated airlines like Lufthansa, British Airways, Emirates or Qatar.
hahaha...according to who? YOU?! An insecure, rather plain looking, undereducated lonely individual who sits on internet all day and open threads like these one's to "cry about your bad experience at a connecting flight?"
You know how pathetically sad you come out to be?
Turkish Airlines is a global airline with more destinations than any other airline in Europe.
3. I saw no grandeur in istanbul. It looked like any other middle eastern city to me. Infact i found some areas in cairo and alexandria more intersting.
I have been to London, Paris, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and what not..
Let me tell you something that anyone who has actually traveled will agree on: Istanbul, is by far, the cleanest mega city I've seen (haven't seen many. Especially Japanese one's. They may be much cleaner than Istanbul)...
London/Paris pales infront of Istanbul. Istanbul is much, much larger in population...transcontinental...offers best weather..and is the
cleanest of all three. Moreover, Istanbul has most history and heritage to it.
It is much, much more "cultured" city as it is the amalgamation of global civilizations (Islam/Christendom), Europe and Middle-East, and a transcontinental city that has two different seas to its shores.
As I said, Istanbul has no match to her grandeur and heritage amongst major European capitals of today (namely Paris/London).
4. Istanbul will never replace any mayor hub in europe
With this old, over-crowded airport, Turkey is still on of the top three largest airhub of Europe....
Istanbul airport climbing rank to join London Heathrow, Paris Charles de Gaulle as Europe's top air hubs
Now imagine when mega airport of Turkey goes online, what will happen?
Read the article!
The new Turkish Airport will have the capacity to handle 150 million+ passengers...
You can live in your dreams and in your own little bubble (as you always live..whether its history or present)..but facts on ground don't change.
Turkey is kicking *** Mashallah..and there's nothing you can do about it...but to blabber.
Turkish Air Lines has consistently been voted as the best airlines of Europe in past couple of years. Even European football clubs voted Turkish Airlines as best airline to travel!!
The commercials of Turkish airlines gets more views on Youtube than continent wide "European" mega shows.