Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines (Turkish: Tülk Hava Yolları Anonim Ortaklığı), founded on May 20, 1933, is Turkey's state-owned airline headquartered in Istanbul, with Istanbul International Airport (IST) as its hub airport. Its main partners are Air France, Balkan Bulgarian Airlines, Czech Airlines, Swissair, and Romanian Airlines.In 2008, Turkish Airlines joined Star Alliance.