Originally Posted by
nighthawk117
Turkish don't fly to Australia, and their coverage of South East Asia is quite limited. Not sure how old this route map is though:
Your route map looks like it's a couple of years old, but not much has changed since then. Turkish only fly to about 20 destinations in NE Asia, SE Asia and India. That being said, these destinations encompass the most popular destinations for connecting passengers, so for most people flying to Asia it's a suitable alternative to the ME3. Also, while Turkish themselves don't serve Australia, they do codeshare with Singapore Airlines, THAI and Qantas with connections in SIN, BKK, HKG and CGK; it just means passengers would have two stopovers instead of one.