This episode of IFATCA's Spotlight podcast features the Turkish Air Traffic Controllers Association. Adem, a controller based in Istanbul, walks us through his own path into air traffic control via a university aviation program. Much of the conversation covers Istanbul's new airport, which opened in 2019 with multiple independent parallel runways enabling a high volume of daily operations and a "triple" simultaneous-approach concept, plus how earthquake risk shapes local procedures. They discuss airspace structure, the mix of English and Turkish R/T phraseology, and the association's welfare work for controllers (critical incident stress support) and social activities.
After the main episode, stay tuned (from around minute 24) for a preview of two upcoming events: the European regional IFATCA conference in Cappadocia in 2026, and the global annual conference (relocated from its original host) in spring 2027 near Istanbul's old airport, with practical tips on getting to/from the venue.
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