Originally Posted by
Lonewolf_50
For whom? About the last place I'd go when I heard "we'll do our maintenance here" if all of my NATO allies are an option is .. Turkey. Who came up with this brilliant plan? (Granted, my experience is more than a decade old, so perhaps some things have changed culturally).
As a matter of fact Turkey has been a well-established industrial manufacturer long before your experience a decade ago. They have a huge composites industry that makes parts for Italian ship-builders. Maltese Falcon's masts were manufactured in Turkey. Their shipbuilding industry builds most of the world's largest fishing vessels. Even Norwegians prefer to build their ships in Turkey. Turkey also make more cars than Italy and sits right behind UK in those statistics. Turkish Airlines serves more countries than any other airline.
In other words, your view of Turkey may be slightly dated. By about a century, I'd say.