Golin is promoting Turkish Airlines' sponsorship of the G20 Summit, international forum of the world's top economies, slated for Analya, Turkey in November. Los Cabos, Mexico hosted the last G20 summit in 2012.

g20Turkey, which is the 2015 president of the G20, says "it attaches the highest importance" to hosting a successful summit.'

The country believes its "global and regional connections, dynamic economy, expanding aid and assistance programs as a rising donor and extensive experience in hosting high-profile international events provide us with the necessary tools to steer and advance the G20 agenda in 2015 in a useful and result-oriented way," according to the foreign ministry's website.

The Interpublic unit's one-year contract kicked off Jan. 4 and is worth $34,250 in monthly fees.

Golin is promoting the carrier's role in the US via traditional PR, reputational, marketing and social media activities.

The firm manages TA's Facebook and Twitter accounts, responds to inquiries on the airline's website and ensures all messages are in line with the airline's "overall brand position, reinforcing the overall brand promise," according its contract.

Any crisis communications work or sustained PR programming requested by TA will be billed separately.

Golin's Amgad Naguib and Julia Blumenthal handle the airline, which is 49.1 percent owned by Turkey's privatization administration.