How to Transit at Istanbul Airport, Turkey - Connecting Flight Transfer

The flight transfer facilities at the beautiful Istanbul International Airport enable a seamless transition to your connecting flight. Please be reminded that the airport is huge, it can take up to 60 minutes to walk between gates, do ensure you allocate sufficient time for your transfer.
0:23 - Single Ticket / PNR Transfer (International to International)
1. Exit your incoming flight. Follow the clearly marked red signs for International Transfer.
2. You will not need to go through immigration or customs. Visa is not required. Your checked baggage will be sent directly to your final destination
3. Proceed to the transfer desk of your connecting airline to Check in for your connecting flight and receive your boarding pass if you have not done so earlier.
4. Go through the security checkpoint. The international transfer security facilities are extensive.
5. Head to Departures.
6. Proceed to your boarding gate and wait for your flight. have your boarding pass and your passport/ID card ready.
1:23 - Separate Tickets/ PNR Transfer
1. Exit your incoming flight. Follow the signs to Baggage Reclaim and Passport Control.
2. Go through the immigration at passport control. Make sure you meet the requirements to enter Turkey; valid passport, visa (if required). All passengers to Turkey must complete the Turkey Traveler Entry Form, 72 hours before departure and obtain a private HES code.
3. Collect your baggage. Check in for your connecting flight and collect your boarding pass.
4. Go through security and immigration again.
5. Head to your boarding gate to board your flight.
2:43 - Arrival & Transfer
International to Domestic Transfer
-Disembark from the aircraft with your cabin baggage only and go through passport control
-Go to the domestic terminal.
-After completing your flight, you can get your baggage from the airport at the arrival (final) point (single PNR)
Ref:
Map: www.turkishairlines.com/en-in...
www.istairport.com/en/flights...

[@SetAndABreakDown]

Hello. Thanks for uploading this video. We have a flight from Mumbai -Istanbul - Nevshehir(cappadocia) on a single ticket PNR via Turkish Airlines. If i understood this video correctly, we dont have to go through immigration and baggagle reclaim since our baggage will be checked through to Nevshehir. We just have to go to the Domestic Transfer Desk and go through security with our boarding pass. Correct?

[@theresearchfiles]

Hi,
the video shows transfer from international to international flight.
According to Turkish Airlines website: from an international point and continuing to a domestic destination with customs control, whose transfer flight routes are arranged with a single ticket
-Disembark from the aircraft with your cabin baggage only and go through passport control to enter the country.
-Go to the domestic terminal.
-After completing your flight, you can get your baggage from the airport at the arrival point.
www.turkishairlines.com/en-tr/any-questions/transfer-transit-passengers/

[@SetAndABreakDown]

Thank You.

[@user-ls5zm1dz4d]

How much time does it take to transfer in the airport at rush hour?
Is it 2/30 h layover enough for international transit,?
Are there any free option to find your gate earlier?

[@theresearchfiles]

Hi, if your flights are booked on the same PNR they will make sure that you have enough time to transit, such as having a staff to guide the transiting passengers to the boarding gate faster, if required.

[@Capperlee1002]

Hi! Could I check, if I am transitting from a domestic to another domestic flight, is there any need to go through customs or baggage check upon arrival in connecting airport? Going to book a flight on Turkish airlines on a 50 mins transit. Is it possible to make it?

[@theresearchfiles]

Hi, there will be security check, but no need to go through Customs. If the flights are booked on the same PNR, should be possible.

[@chrischow7082]

If i have already collected my onward boarding pass before getting on my 1st flight, for international transfer at IST airport, is there another route that i do not need to go through International transfer security to get on my 2nd flight? Thanks.

[@theresearchfiles]

Hi, I got all my boarding passes before hand, but I still had to go through the security check for the transfer.
however for my second transit (on the way home), I did not have to go through the security, after landing, they ushered the transfer passengers to another route, check our boarding passes, and let us through straight to the departure area. I am not sure if it's due to time constraint as we only had less than one hour for the transfer.

[@DesislavaDinkova-kn9jf]

​@theresearchfiles Hy, we have a international flight with 1 houer transfertime but as i understood there will be no attendant to take us to the departure gate. Will be 1 hour enough

[@theresearchfiles]

@@DesislavaDinkova-kn9jf Hi, if flights are on same PNR yes. But you need to go to the gate as soon as possible, the airport is rather big.

[@YoutubeDada-bz1es]

Can I transfer Internationally without Passport Control or Immigration Checking if I have tickets with Different PNR but I don't have any check-in luggage to reclaim ?

[@theresearchfiles]

Hi,
According to this discussion, if you are travelling without check-in luggage, you don't have to go through Passport Control, and can get your boarding pass from the Transfer desk.
You can refer to this discussion: www.tripadvisor.co.nz/ShowTopic-g293974-i368-k11003651-o210-Is_one_hour_enough_time_for_transfer_Turkish_Airlines-Istanbul.html

[@srishti5]

I am flying from Mexico to India via Istanbul with Turkish airlines. The layover is for 10hours. I have 2 checked bags, Do I need a transit visa?

[@theresearchfiles]

Hi, if flights are on same PNR, no.

[@user-fp7nj7oh2g]

Hello, i have only 2 hours to get from international to domestic flight with separate PNR. Do you think i can make it? Flight in 10 days

[@theresearchfiles]

Hi you can read this. It can be possible, depending on the queue. www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g293974-i368-k13892257-IST_airport_transfer_from_international_to_domestic_flight-Istanbul.html

[@kolisshow326]

Do I need transit visa if I am travelling from Canada to India via turkey with layover of 6 hours?

[@theresearchfiles]

Hi you don't need a visa if your flights are on the same PNR.

[@arisdr6504]

Istanbul’s airport is humongous.

[@theresearchfiles]

ya it is!

[@user-ew2uh4iw9s]

Where can i get that map you used in your video

[@theresearchfiles]

Hi, this is the map: www.turkishairlines.com/en-int/istanbul-airport/terminal-maps/