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You can leave your luggage/baggage
at Istanbul's Atatürk International Airport in
the Emanet Bagaj (left
luggage/baggage check) office of the
International terminal.
After you pass Customs and emerge
from the secure area, turn right and
walk toward the end of the terminal.
The left luggage/baggage check office
is on the right-hand side. Your
luggage must be locked when you give it in
for safekeeping.
If you have a longish layover at the
airport (four hours or more), you can
leave your luggage here and go
by Metro and tram into Istanbul to see a few
of the top
sights. Allow an hour to
go from the airport
to the city center, and another hour
to return to the airport by
Metro and tram.
Remember that you should be
at the airport for check-in two
hours before the departure of your
international
flight,
and 1-1/2
hours (90 minutes) before the departure
of a domestic
Turkish flight.
Luggage storage at the airport
is not cheap. You pay
the following amounts to store
an item
for up to 24 hours:
Plastic bag YTL8
Hand Luggage YTL10
Suitcase YTL12
Big Bag YTL15
The left luggage office is open 24
hours a day. When you return to the
International terminal to pick up your
baggage, you will pass through the
first security check to enter the terminal
and reach the Emanet Bagaj office.
There is luggage storage at Istanbul's
Main
Bus Terminal, but no railroad
station in Turkey has a left luggage/baggage
storage facility any more,
alas.
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Atatürk International
Airport
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Airport
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