Turkish Airlines' livery features red tail, white Goose and 2010 Redesign

Turkish Airlines’ standard livery displays a red tail with a stylized white goose emblem that was designed by Mesut Manioğlu and adopted in 1961 after winning a competition in 1959.

The emblem incorporates the letters T, H and Y when viewed from different angles, representing Türk Hava Yolları, and the airline introduced a redesign in 2010 that uses a predominantly white fuselage with large dark‑blue “TURKISH AIRLINES” titles on the forward section, a bright red vertical stabilizer with the white goose inside a circular outline, and a gray lower fuselage that contrasts with the white upper section; some aircraft also feature a gray tulip motif near the rear fuselage referencing Turkish culture.