Originally Posted by
hfly
Sorry, what traditional "Turkish elements" in the previous lounge? The previous lounge was a hodgepodge of garbage, hated by almost anyone who frequented it, Turkish or foreigner and for that matter at one point every single member of the main Turkish design association wrote a complaint to Turkish Airlines essentially calling the previous lounge a travesty.
Wow, have you ever been to the USA lounges like Red Carpet Club? I went to the old lounge in IST a few times, and it was no where near as bad as USA lounges.
Anyway, let's just be happy the new one is pretty darn good. In fact all my transit thru the GCC will be to Istanbul now.