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Turkish Airlines was founded on 20 May 1933, the name Türkiye Devlet Hava Yollari (DHY). The fleet consisted at the time of two Curtiss Kingbird with five seats, two Junkers F 13, each with four seats and a de Havilland Dragon with ten seats. 1938 the fleet was supplemented with Douglas DC. 3 The first international flight took place in 1947 by Ankara and Istanbul to Athens. A total of seven de Havilland Heron came in 1955 added to the fleet. 1956 DHY was in Türk Hava Yollari A.O. (THY) renamed. Between 1958 and 1961, Vickers Viscount purchased Fokker F-27 and Fairchild F-27th