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Turkish group flies ahead of the pack

"Turkish group flies ahead of the pack

By Delphine Strauss in Istanbul

Published: January 18 2010 20:02 | Last updated: January 18 2010 20:02

When Turkey’s freshly elected AK Party government appointed new management at Turkish Airlines (THY) in 2002, critics muttered that the executives had been picked as much for their affinity with religious-minded politicians as for their commercial credentials."

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