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Turkey is in south-eastern Europe and south-western Asia, bordered on the northwest by Bulgaria and Greece, on the north by the Black Sea, on the northeast by Georgia and Armenia, on the east by Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Naxçývan, on the south by Iraq, Syria, and the Mediterranean Sea, and on the west by the Aegean Sea. The total area of Turkey is 779,452 sq km (300,948 sq mi). The capital is Ankara; Istanbul is the largest city.

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Genealogy Tree

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ACT Airlines

 2005 - 2009> 9T / RUN ACT Airlines  
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Active Air (Active Aero)

 1996* - 1996* -- / ---    
X

Air Alfa Hava Yollari

 1993 - 2002 -- / ---    
X

Air Anatolia

 1999* - 2004* -- / --- Air Anatolia  
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Air Rose

 1999 - 2000 -- / --- Euro Sun  
X

Airgroup Havacilik

 1994* - 1994 -- / ---    
!

Akdeniz Airlines (Air Mediterranean)

 1989* - 1996* -- / ---    
X

Albatros Batros Hava Yollari (Air Albatros)

 1992^ - 2000* -- / ---    
X

Anadolu Airlines

 1989* - 1989* -- / ---    
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Anadolu Express

 * ~ * -- / ---    
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AnadoluJet

 2008 - 2009> -- / ---    
X

Anex (An Express)

 2000^ - 2001* -- / ---    
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Anka Air

 2008 - 2009> -- / --- Anka Air  
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Antalya Airways

 * ~ * -- / ---    
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Atlas International

 2001 - 2002* -- / ---    
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Atlasjet International Airways

 2001 - 2009> KK / KKK    
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Avia Cargo System (Avia Kargo System)

 * ~ * -- / ---    
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Ayjet

 2008? -- / ---   Status unknown
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BAL

 * ~ * -- / ---    
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Baron Air Cargo

 2004 - 2004 -- / --- Kuzu Cargo Airlines  
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Bata Airlines

 * ~ * -- / ---    
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BestAir

 2006 - 2009> 5F / BST    
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BHY (Bosphor Air)

 * ~ * -- / ---    
X

Birgenair

 1988^ - 1996* -- / ---    
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Blue Line Aviation

 * ~ * -- / ---    
X

Bogazici Air Transport (Bosphorus Air Transport) (BHT)

 1987 - 1989* -- / ---    
X

Bosphorus Airways

 1994* - 1994* -- / ---    
X

Bosphorus European Airways (BEA)

 2002 - 2004* -- / BHY    
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Bursa Airlines

 1977 - 1979* WL / ---    
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CAT (Cargo Air Transport)

 2003* - 2004* -- / ---    
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Cebiair

 * ~ * -- / ---    
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Corendon

 2005 - 2009> 7H / CAI    
X

Dardanel Air

 1999 - 1999 -- / DRD    
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DHY (Devlet Hava Yollari)

 1938 - 1954* -- / --- THY (Turkish Airlines)  
!

Dogus Air

 1998* - 2000* -- / ---    
X

Ekspress Airlines

 1999* - 1999* -- / ---    
X

EuroSun (Euro Sun)

 2000 - 2001 -- / --- Euro Sun  
?

Express Airlines

 2001? -- / ---    
X

Fly Air (FlyAir)

 2002 - 2007* F2 / FLM    
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FreeBird Airlines (Free Bird)

 2001 - 2009> XD / FHY    
X

Global Air Cargo

 1996* - 1999* -- / ---    
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Golden Horn Aviation

 * ~ * -- / ---    
X

Golden International Airlines

 2007* - 2007 -- / GTC    
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Greenair

 1992* - 1992* -- / ---    
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GTI Airlines

 1996 - 1999* -- / --- Air Anatolia  
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Guven Air

 1999* - 1999* -- / ---    
X

Han Air

 1997* - 1997* -- / ---    
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Hava Yollari Devlet Isletmesi Idaresi

 1933 - 1938 -- / --- THY (Turkish Airlines)  
X

Holiday Airlines

 1994 - 1996 -- / ---    
!

Holland Air

 * - * -- / ---    
!

Imsik

 1988* - 1988* -- / ---    
X

Inter Airlines (Inter Express)

 2002 - 2008 6K / INX    
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Istair

 1986 - 1988* -- / ---    
X

Istanbul Airlines

 1986 - 2000 -- / ---    
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Izair

 2006* - 2009> H9 / IZM Izair  
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Izmir Hava Yollari

 2006 - 2006* -- / IZM Izair  
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Karadeniz Hava Yollari

 * ~ * -- / ---    
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Kuzu Cargo Airlines

 2004 - 2009> GO / KZU Kuzu Cargo Airlines  
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Marin Air

 2004* - 2004* -- / ---    
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Marmara Air

 * ~ * -- / ---    
X

Mas Air

 1995 - 1995 -- / ---    
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MMM Aero Services

 1997 - 2002* -- / ---    
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MNG Airlines

 1997 - 2009> MB / MNB    
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MNG Kargo

 2004* - 2006* -- / ---    
X

Nesu Air

 1986 - 1989 -- / ---    
X

Noble Air

 1989* - 1991* -- / ---    
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Onur Air (Tasimcilik)

 1992 - 2009> 8Q / OHY    
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Orbit Express Airlines

 2003 - 2004 XW / ORX ACT Airlines  
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Orex (Oriental Express)

 2003 - 2004* -- / ---    
!

Pan Havacilik

 2004* - 2006* -- / ---    
X

Park Express

 1999* - 2001* -- / ---    
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Pegasus Airlines

 1990 - 2009> H9 / PGT    
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Rose Air

 1998* - 1998* -- / ---    
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Saga Airlines

 2004 - 2008* -- / SGX   Status unknown
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Sky Airlines

 2001 - 2009> -- / SHY    
X

Sonmez Airlines

 1984 - 2005 -- / ---    
X

Sultan Air

 1989 - 1997 -- / ---    
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SunExpress Airlines

 1990 - 2009> XQ / SXS    
X

Sunways Intersun Havacilik

 1997* - 1997 -- / ---    
?

Tailwind Airlines

 2006? -- / ---    
X

Talia Airways

 1987* - 1988 -- / ---    
X

Tarhan Air

 2007 - 2007 -- / --- Tarhan Air  
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Tarhan Tower Airlines

 2006 - 2009> -- / TTH    
X

Tayfunair

 1996 - 1996 -- / ---    
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Tepe Hava Cilik

 2002* ~ 2002* -- / ---    
!

THK (Turk Hava Kurumu)

 2004* - 2006* -- / ---    
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THT (Turk Hava Tasimaciligi)

 1989* - 1993 -- / --- THY (Turkish Airlines)  
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THY (Turkish Airlines)

 1954* - 2009> TK / THY THY (Turkish Airlines)  
X

Top Air

 1990^ - 2002* -- / ---    
X

Torosair (Toros Airways)

 1987 - 1989 -- / ---    
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Trans Anatolian Airlines

 * ~ * -- / ---    
!

Trans-Asia Airlines*

 1998* - 1998* -- / ---    
X

TRUVA

 1996* - 1996* -- / ---    
>

TT Airlines (Tarhan Tower Airlines)

 2006 - 2007 -- / --- Tarhan Air  
X

TUR European Airways

 1988 - 1996* -- / ---    
!

Turkish Airlines Cargo

 2004* - 2008* -- / ---    
?

Turkish Express

 2007? -- / ---    
?

TurkJet

 2003? -- / ---    
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Turkol

 * ~ * -- / ---    
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Turkuaz

 2008 - 2009> -- / ---   Status
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United European Airways

 * ~ * -- / ---    
X

UPS (Uensped Paket Servisi)

 2004 - 2006 -- / ---    
X

VIP-Air

 1991* - 1991* -- / ---    
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World Focus Airline

 2004 - 2008 VVF / --- Anka Air  
?

Yesilkus Airlines

 2005? -- / ---    

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