CRIMINAL! My girlfriend was refused boarding at the airport in Phuket because "she did not have a return ticket with Turkish Airlines". This was certainly not a reason to refuse boarding but we decided to book a return anyway just to avoid ruining our travel plans. Just prior to completing the transaction we were told that our seat had been given to another passenger. This was at the airport 1hr 10 mins before flight departure. They had no right to refuse boarding and when we did as they said they moved the goal posts yet again. I suspect the flight was over booked and they were looking for reasons to reject passengers. To make matters worse they are standing behind there story and have not refunded the ticket - despite the ground staff saying that we could get a refund by contacting customer service. At best this is just awful customer service and worst it is a criminal offence. I personally will not be flying Turkish Airlines again and strongly urge other would be clients to look elsewhere. What a shame since I used to enjoy flying with this airline.

Avoid - Avoid - horrendous and dishonest customer service Avoid - horrendous and dishonest customer service. Before booking my flights, a Turkish Airlines customer service representative provided crucial information that was incorrect. Based on the information we were provided, we booked flights worth £1300 that aren't suitable. I've contacted their customer service multiple times via phone and email in an attempt to resolve this situation and they've been useless, seemingly incapable of understanding the situation and replying with stock responses that show they haven't read or understood my emails. I've provided a straightforward solution for them to resolve this situation many times now but they have never addressed this directly. Turkish Airlines certainly have some cheap connecting flights but with such poor and misleading customer service you have to ask yourself if it's worth it? My advice is that it isn't - book with a reuptable airline that will provide accurate and honest information prior to commiting to expensive and non-refundable flights.

Rip-offs and cheats - do not book with them This company is a complete disgrace - do not travel with them under any circumstances! I paid £256 for seats for my family to be together over 4 flights. The day before my flight when I came to check-in they had all been removed. Their call centre are useless and could do nothing - and I spent £40 on a premium phone line for the pleasure of no service at all! They are now passing me from pillar to post and refusing to refund my money. They've offered me 55 euros if I drive 35 miles to get it! I saw people losing their upgrade and being refused boarding as the plane was overbooked at Istanbul also, so if you have a flight already booked with them ensure you get to the gate early! And don't pay for an upgrade at the airport as they were refusing them and moving people back into standard at the gate. If you don't have a flight booked with them then please don't, it's not worth it, even if they are cheap. They are a monstrous organisation that doesn't care about customers at all. I will be complaining to the CAA and ATOL and would suggest others do too

Flight Cancelation with zero Compensation Flight got cancelled by Turkish Airlines via mail one day before departure. After lenghty inquiry with the completly unsatisfactory customer service I got a written statement to get compensation. About 7 months after the flight I still did not get any payment from Turkish Airlines, whereas the customer service states the standard phrase "In our investigation we see that your ticket refund transactions have already been made." Which is untrue.

Terrible service, rude and unmannered flight attendants Terrible service, rude flight attendants giving me commands and orders as if they are my boss. Paid for premium economy but they made an error and switch my seats to the back and were rude about it, I have video proof, do not fly on this embarrassment of an airline. Especially racist on flights to Africa, i am done with this airline