Turkish Airlines orders 150 Boeing 737 MAX jets
The deal, signed in New York, includes 100 firm orders and 50 options.
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H Turkish Airlines υπέγραψε παραγγελία 150 Boeing 737 στη Νέα Υόρκη, παρουσία Ερντογάν
Photograph: Protothema (embedded from source)
What this story says
- Turkish Airlines has agreed to purchase up to 150 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.
- The deal includes a firm order for 100 Boeing 737-8 jets and an option for 50 additional aircraft.
- The agreement was signed in New York and attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
- Negotiations for this order had been ongoing since 2025.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 6 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 40 of the 46 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
42/100
Craft
57/100
Hype
41/100
46 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
Only 1 of the 6 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Turkish Airlines has finalized an agreement with Boeing to order up to 150 737 MAX aircraft. The deal, signed in New York, includes a firm order for 100 Boeing 737-8 jets and an option for 50 more. Negotiations for the purchase had been ongoing since 2025. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended the signing ceremony.
Coverage comparison
The Protothema report stated that the agreement allows Turkish Airlines to choose the Boeing 737-10, the largest member of the 737 MAX family, enabling greater flexibility in fleet capacity. It also mentioned that the new aircraft are expected to reduce fuel consumption and emissions by 20%. The report noted that Turkish Airlines and its subsidiary AJet currently operate over 200 Boeing aircraft, including 737 MAX and 787 Dreamliner models, and that the airline signed a strategic memorandum of understanding with Boeing in 2025 concerning industrial participation, technology exchange, and sustainability.
What the coverage left out
None of the left, centre, or right-rated reports mention the specific cost of the deal. The digests from the right-rated outlets do not mention the detail that the agreement allows Turkish Airlines to choose the Boeing 737-10, the largest member of the 737 MAX family, as reported by Protothema.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 23 Sept 2026, 20:15, and will add the sides that appear.
How other outlets pictured it
Which photograph to run is each newsroom’s own choice. The leaning beside a name is that outlet’s published rating, not a claim that the pictures divide along it. Every picture is shown from the outlet’s own server and links to the article it ran in.

Turkish Airlines orders 150 Boeing 737 MAX jets
Cumhuriyet — embedded from source
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
1 rated outlet
- The Cumhuriyet report focused on the political context of the deal, highlighting that the order vindicated a previous claim by opposition leader Özgür Özel that 300 Boeing aircraft would be purchased following a meeting between Erdoğan and Donald Trump Jr. The report recalled Erdoğan's denial of Özel's earlier assertion. The digest stated that the agreement includes 100 firm orders for Boeing 737-8 aircraft and an option for 50 more.
Centre
1 rated outlet
- The Bloomberg digest reported that Turkish Airlines finalized a purchase of as many as 150 Boeing Co. 737 Max jets, noting that prolonged negotiations had delayed a previously announced framework agreement for the order.
Right
4 rated outlets
- The right-rated reports from Protothema, Iefimerida, Daily Sabah, and sabah.com.tr all stated that Turkish Airlines finalized an agreement with Boeing to order up to 150 737 MAX aircraft. Protothema, which provided a full report, added that the deal includes a firm order for 100 Boeing 737-8 aircraft and an option for 50 more. It also noted that negotiations began in 2025 and that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended the signing in New York. Daily Sabah described the deal as a 'landmark' and the carrier's largest-ever single-aisle order from the US planemaker.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Turkish Airlines orders 150 Boeing 737 MAX jets?
- Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 17% are rated left, 16% are rated centre, 67% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 46. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Turkish Airlines orders 150 Boeing 737 MAX jets left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Turkish Airlines orders 150 Boeing 737 MAX jets biased?
- Turkish Airlines orders 150 Boeing 737 MAX jets is one event reported by 46 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Turkish Airlines orders 150 Boeing 737 MAX jets?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Turkish Airlines orders 150 Boeing 737 MAX jets?
- 46 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- How many aircraft did Turkish Airlines order from Boeing?
- Turkish Airlines has finalized an agreement to order up to 150 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. This includes a firm order for 100 Boeing 737-8 jets and an option for 50 additional aircraft.
- Who attended the signing of the deal?
- The agreement was signed in New York and attended by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. His presence was noted across multiple reports covering the event.
- When did negotiations for this order begin?
- Negotiations for the purchase of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft had been ongoing since 2025. The deal was finalized in September 2026.
Read it at the source
46 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
1Centre
1Right
4- Turkish Airlines Signs Deal in the US to Buy 150 Boeing Jets - Erdogan in Attendance - iefimerida.gr (opens Iefimerida in a new tab)
Iefimerida — is Iefimerida biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Turkish Airlines Signs Order for 150 Boeing 737s in New York, Attended by Erdogan (opens Protothema in a new tab)
Protothema — is Protothema biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Turkish Airlines seals deal for up to 150 Boeing 737 MAX jets (opens Daily Sabah in a new tab)
Daily Sabah — is Daily Sabah biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Turkish Airlines Will Purchase 150 Aircraft From Boeing. (opens sabah.com.tr in a new tab)
sabah.com.tr — is sabah.com.tr biased? Our profile of this outlet
Not rated
40- Turkish Airlines Mega-Deal: Order 150 Boeing 737 MAX with Erdogan (opens Libre in a new tab)
- Turkish Airlines: Συμφωνία για 150 Boeing 737 MAX - Παρουσία Ερντογάν η υπογραφή (opens sofokleous10.gr in a new tab)
sofokleous10.gr — is sofokleous10.gr biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Turkish Airlines: Signed Order for 150 Boeing 737s in New York, in Presence of Erdogan (opens npress.gr in a new tab)
- Turkey: TY Signed an Order for 150 Boeing 737 MAX in New York, in the Presence of Erdogan (opens sofokleousin.gr in a new tab)
sofokleousin.gr — is sofokleousin.gr biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Turkey's New Mega Deal: Signed Order for 150 Boeing 737 MAX in New York in Presence of Erdogan (opens reader.gr in a new tab)
- Turkish Airlines' Mammoth Deal: Will Buy up to 150 Boeing 737 MAX Aircraft (opens ertnews.gr in a new tab)
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- Özgür Özel Was Right! Turkish Airlines Secured a Huge Boeing Deal After the Erdoğan-Trump Meeting. (opens Halk TV in a new tab)
Halk TV — is Halk TV biased? Our profile of this outletOpinion
- One Step Before the "Shipwreck", Now the Signatures! Turkish Airlines Closes the Deal with Boeing (opens Pentapostagma in a new tab)
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- Big Deal 20 Billion in Erdogan's Presence in New York: Turkish Airlines Buys 150 Boeing 737 MAX (opens ieidiseis.gr in a new tab)
ieidiseis.gr — is ieidiseis.gr biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Mammoth Deal in New York: Turkish Airlines Buys up to 150 Boeing 737 MAX in Presence of Erdogan (opens Unknown in a new tab)
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- Turkish Airlines Orders Up to 150 Boeing 737 MAX Jets (opens Global Defense Insight in a new tab)
Global Defense Insight — is Global Defense Insight biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Turkish Airlines: Agreement for 150 Boeing 737 MAX - Signing in the Presence of Erdogan (opens insider.gr in a new tab)
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- Turkey: Turkish Airlines Orders 150 Boeing 737 MAX in New York, Erdogan in Attendance (opens NewsBomb in a new tab)
- A Historic Agreement Has Been Signed Between Turkish Airlines and Boeing. (opens yenicaggazetesi.com in a new tab)
yenicaggazetesi.com — is yenicaggazetesi.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- TY Signed an Order for 150 Boeing 737 MAX in New York, in the Presence of Erdogan (opens sigmalive.com in a new tab)
sigmalive.com — is sigmalive.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- New Turkish Purchase of 150 Boeing 737 MAX, Erdogan's Presence in New York (opens CNN Greece in a new tab)
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- Turkey: Turkish Airlines Signs Order for 100+50 Boeing 737s, in Presence of Erdogan (opens OnAlert in a new tab)
- Turkish Airlines finally signs Boeing 737 MAX order after year-long dispute (opens Air Data News in a new tab)
Air Data News — is Air Data News biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Turkish Airlines Purchased 150 Aircraft From Boeing (opens 1prime.ru in a new tab)
- Turkish Airlines Signs Order for 150 Boeing 737 MAX in New York, Erdogan in Attendance (opens Capital.gr in a new tab)
Capital.gr — is Capital.gr biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Turkish Airlines Orders 150 Boeing 737 MAX in Presence of Erdogan (opens Business Daily in a new tab)
Business Daily — is Business Daily biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Erdoğan Had Denied It: An Agreement for the Order of 150 Aircraft Was Signed Between Turkish Airlines and Boeing. (opens Tr724 in a new tab)
- Turkish Airlines and Boeing Have Signed an Agreement to Order 150 Aircraft. (opens elipshaber.com in a new tab)
elipshaber.com — is elipshaber.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Turkish Airlines finalises order for 100 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft with options for 50 more (opens Aviation24.be in a new tab)
Aviation24.be — is Aviation24.be biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Turkish Airlines to order up to 150 Boeing 737 MAX jets (opens BizToc in a new tab)
- Turkey's Mammoth Deal with the US - Turkish Airlines Buys 150 Boeing Aircraft (opens flash.gr in a new tab)
- Turkish Airlines' Massive Deal with Boeing Is Finalized: a Firm Order for 100 Aircraft, with an Option for 50 More - Dünya Gazeti (opens dunya.com in a new tab)
- Turkish Airlines Will Purchase 150 Aircraft From Boeing. (opens Habertürk in a new tab)
- Turkish Airlines ordered 100 Boeing jets and has options for 50 more. (opens stocktitan.net in a new tab)
stocktitan.net — is stocktitan.net biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Turkish Airlines Has Placed an Order with Boeing for 150 Aircraft! President Erdoğan Was Also Present at the Signing Ceremony. (opens tgrthaber.com in a new tab)
tgrthaber.com — is tgrthaber.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Turkish Airlines Will Purchase 150 Aircraft From Boeing. (opens gazetepencere.com in a new tab)
gazetepencere.com — is gazetepencere.com biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Turkish Airlines Announces Purchase of 150 Aircraft From Boeing (opens Naftemporiki in a new tab)
Naftemporiki — is Naftemporiki biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Turkish Airlines Will Purchase 150 Aircraft From Boeing. (opens Haberler in a new tab)
- Huge Deal Between Turkish Airlines and Boeing: Decision to Purchase 150 Aircraft. (opens Haber7 in a new tab)
- Turkish Airlines Has Made a Move! 150 Aircraft Will Be Purchased From Boeing. (opens A Haber in a new tab)
- Turkish Airlines Places a Massive Order with Boeing for 150 Aircraft! (opens turkiyegazetesi.com.tr in a new tab)
turkiyegazetesi.com.tr — is turkiyegazetesi.com.tr biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Turkish Airlines Places a Massive Aircraft Order: It Will Acquire 150 B737 MAX Aircraft From Boeing. (opens haberglobal.com in a new tab)
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- Turkish Airlines Will Purchase 150 Aircraft From Boeing. (opens Akşam in a new tab)
- Turkish Airlines Will Purchase 150 Aircraft From Boeing. (opens ekonomim.com in a new tab)
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- Turkish Airlines Will Purchase 150 Boeing B737 Max Aircraft. (opens airporthaber2.com in a new tab)
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