Istanbul Atatürk Airport Yenikapı, Aksaray, Taksim Square. Municipal buses also run to Taksim, Etiler and Kozyatağı. The airport is accessible through the coastal road, D-100 international road and TEM (Trans-European Motorway). <br> Istanbul Atatürk Airport Istanbul Atatürk Airport () is the main international airport serving Istanbul, and the biggest airport in Turkey by total number of passengers, destinations served and aircraft movements. First opened in 1912 in Yeşilköy as a military airfield, on the European side of the city, it is located west of the city centre and serves as the main hub for Turkish Airlines. The city's other, smaller, international airport is
History of the Republic of Turkey purchases of chrome (used in making better steel). Inflation was high as prices doubled. By August 1944, the Axis was clearly losing the war and Turkey broke off relations. Only in February 1945, Turkey declared war on Germany and Japan, a symbolic move that allowed Turkey to join the future United Nations. On October 24, 1945 Turkey signed the United Nations Charter as one of the fifty-one original members. In 1945, the first opposition party in the multi-party system in Turkey, the National Development Party, was established by industrialist Nuri Demirağ. In 1946, İnönü's government organized multi-party elections, which were