Flying long haul via Istanbul

Yes, and will never do it again. Turkish are the worst airline I've ever flown with bar none.

That aside, the airport is massive and very expensive but the biggest issue is the gates only being posted an hour or less before departure. That might not seem a problem but we landed at the far opposite end of the airport from where our flight would ultimately board and when the gate was posted we had to absolutely leg it to get there, it took 15-20 minutes or maybe longer, by which time boarding was final call. So stressful.

Thanks for all the warnings. I've actually assumed otherwise, as Turkish always had an excellent reputation as an airline. Maybe things changed for the negative, also with the new airport they've built.

I've connected twice in the new Istanbul airport. The most recent time was only last week.

I had no issues whatsoever. The Turkish flights were on time with comfortable seats, nice meals and IFE.

The connection experience was fine. My connection was 2 hours but I was through security and at the next gate in about 30 minutes.

I'd heard that it's really expensive so didn't even look at the prices. They have plenty of water fountains at least.

Flew through Istanbul with Turkish in July and honestly loved them. We’d booked a 90-minute layover to Baku, but the flight into Dublin was delayed, so they cancelled our original connection and moved us onto the next IST–BAK flight three hours later. Ironically, when we landed in Istanbul the gates were literally beside each other and we would’ve made the original flight in the end. We even tried our luck getting on, but our seats had already been given away.

So… a few hours stuck in the airport instead. And it’s expensive — €18 for a bottle of Corona 😵‍💫

Coming home was similar: short layover, slight delay leaving Baku, and we landed in Terminal D with the onward flight from F, which meant going through security again. Stressful as ****.

Long story short, I wouldn’t attempt anything under two hours.

I fly TK very regularly. They show you connecting gates on the IFE just before landing in IST, they're also available on the app well before shown in the airport.

Had a connection of 70 minutes last week. Landed early and had time to go to the lounge for a meal and a drink before the next flight.

You normally do not need to re-clear security in Istanbul from Dublin. I haven't in the last 20 or so trips I've taken.

Turkish airlines does have IFE in the flights from Dublin including WiFi. Pretty much all their aircraft have IFE

It shouldn't depend on the destination but the arrival airport. Unless you're talking about the secondary security screen at the gates.

Which will get you roughly one and a half sandwiches 😀 Expensive airport even by airport standards.

yes did it a few weeks ago , 60 minute transfer , no security clearance and no problem. you can check the gate before landing on their entertainment system.

flights were absolutely jammed every leg with variable service but fine overall . the airport is crazy expensive but easy to get metro to taksim if you have 6 or 7 hours and get food or shopping

Yes,required old and new airport.Once not security in new airport