I must admit that I usually tend to eat the local food when abroad; that for me is part of the experience of travelling. Having said that, I have had McDonalds in the US and Bangkok, but that was a one off and for pure convenience - I don't usually eat them even in England. But I think they're OK-ish as far as fast food goes. They're certainly less fattening than donor kebabs, and I've heard lots of stories of some of the rubbish that goes into donor meat.
It's unfair to dictate where McDonalds can set up shop; Turkish people have as much right as you to eat McDonalds if they so wish, and the McDonalds in Turkey are usually frequented by the Turks themselves. No-one is ordering you to eat in McDonalds, but it's nice to have the option isn't it? Turkish people certainly appreciate the option, and whilst I myself don't tend to eat them I don't look down my nose at those that do. Some people find Turkish food too spicy, too salty, too greasy, or too samey - everything's cooked in tomato paste, garlic, aubergine, spicy peppers, chilli flakes or yogurt. I do like Turkish food - occasionally - but when I lived in Turkey for two years I became bored stiff with the same old meals.
Even the tourist restaurants have identical menus: Steak Diane, Steak in Pepper Sauce, T-Bone Steak in Mushroom Sauce, Mixed Meze, Sis Kebabs with Rice and Chips............there's no variation. I've eaten in hundreds of restaurants in Turkey, from Istanbul right down all along the west coast, and along the south coast down as far as Antalya. I've eaten in almost all the major resorts, including small working towns and villages off the beaten track, and I've dined in some of the finest 5-star hotels and restaurants, right down to roadside stalls and tiny makeshift cafes. When I lived out there I used to buy meat in both local and large supermarkets (Migros etc) and also from local butchers in the area. The meat was NEVER as nice as British beef - not by a long shot! In fact, I used to take steaks over to Turkey with me as a treat. My Turkish husband has always said how much tastier and tender British beef is to Turkish beef - and I couldn't agree more. All of the British ex-pats I knew who lived out in Turkey always said how much they missed British beef - and proper bacon and ham!
I buy my beef in England from either Waitrose or Sainsbury's, though sometimes I buy it from a local butcher, and it is always delicious. I also buy a rib of beef to do a roast (something I never found in Turkey) and the meat on that is out of this world. None of the Turkish beef I've had has been really tender or flavoursome, except for a couple of occasions when we ate in the Ece Saray Hotel in Fethiye. But even then it wasn't a patch on British beef. I spoke to a local butcher in Fethiye and he told me that they don't hang the beef for long out there - and you can see that when you look at it in Migros. You can tell by the colour it hasn't been hung for long.
Andy, British beef is NOT sold within 6 hours of slaughter - not where I buy it from anyway. Most British beef is hung and matured for up to 21 days to bring out the flavour and to make it tender. You go to Waitrose or Sainsbury's and buy a Rib of Beef, or Fillet/Ribeye/Sirloin/Porterhouse Steak and you'll understand what I mean.
As for Turkish lamb the reason it's tender is that they slow-cook it for about 12 hours. I've never found sis lamb particularly tender in Turkey - it's just the same as sis meat in England. Perhaps you're confusing the taste of the charcoal with the taste of the meat?
What people sometimes forget is that meat has always been expensive for the majority of Turks; thus why there is no big demand for it, therefore the farming methods do not meet British standards. They even cut the meat differently. I have heard that there has been some improvement recently, but the cost of beef in Turkey is so exorbitant now, that most people cannot buy it - and that's including tourists and ex-pats. It's also true what Groovybaby said about donkey meat - it was in all the Turkish newspapers just recently. Some hotels and restaurants are using it and passing it off as beef, especially by mincing it and sprinkling it on lahmacun etc.
Strawberry
The Turks love McDonalds and whole families go there to eat including old people and business men. Why you get your knickers in a twist over it is strange cos the Turks themselves eat there, including some restaurant owners! 
Just cos theyre Turkish dont mean they dont fancy a burger now and then. Sure big macs fries and milk shakes aint something you wanna live on, but once ina while they hit the spot man! 
