Turkish Airlines Lounge — Business, Business Class Lounge, Istanbul

Tom Gambill
SkiCat’s Earth Adventures
3 min readAug 5, 2023

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Turkish Airlines lounge lobby
Turkish Airlines Lounge Istanbul

I visited the Turkish Airlines Lounge twice on this trip to Croatia, once on the way to Zagreb, and again on the return trip to the United States. While it is a lovely and expansive lounge with lots of food options, both of my visits were very early in the morning, so many of the food stations were closed. However, the coffee stations were always open and the cappuccino was excellent!

Food station at the Turkish Airlines Lounge
One of many food stations of all sorts throughout the lounge

At lunch and dinner times I imagine you could get a full meal here. I did manage to get fruit, yogurt, and a very good hot soup, though I have no idea what it was. There were several stations with pre-packaged food of various types including salads, breakfast items, and snacks.

Luggage storage lockers
Luggage storage lockers

There is a very large luggage storage area if you want to store your bags there during your stay. I believe they prefer that, especially during busy times, as lots of bags can block the seats and walkways as they do in most standard airport lounges in the US. During my visits, it wasn’t very crowded, so this wasn’t…

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Tom Gambill
SkiCat’s Earth Adventures

Software Engineer, Retro Hacker, World Traveler. And also: sailboats, fish tanks, nature, family, startups…