![]() ![]() Three years later, in 1938, it became part of the Ministry of Transportation. In 1935, the airline was turned over to the Ministry of Public Works and was subsequently renamed General Directorate of State Airlines. The airline's initial fleet consisted of two five-seat Curtiss Kingbirds, two four-seat Junkers F 13s and one ten-seat Tupolev ANT-9. Turkish Airlines was established on as Turkish State Airlines ( Turkish: Devlet Hava Yolları) as a department of the Ministry of National Defense. Turkish Airlines has been a member of the Star Alliance network since 1 April 2008. Istanbul Airport in Arnavutköy is the airline's main base, and there are secondary hubs at Ankara Esenboğa Airport and Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport. The airline's corporate headquarters are at the Turkish Airlines General Management Building on the grounds of Istanbul Atatürk Airport in Yeşilköy, Bakırköy, Istanbul. With an operational fleet of 24 cargo aircraft, the airline's cargo division Turkish Cargo serves 82 destinations. The airline serves more destinations non-stop from a single airport than any other airline in the world and flies to 126 countries, more than any other airline. As of 2022, it operates scheduled services to 340 destinations in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, making it the largest mainline carrier in the world by number of passenger destinations. Turkish Airlines ( Turkish: Türk Hava Yolları) is the national flag carrier airline of Turkey. ![]()
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