Izmir Airport: where you live and loiter. Got stuck here for a few hours. Clean with the aroma of…read morecigarette smoke. The restaurants are surprisingly pretty good. Not bad. Easy.

Bright, spacious, modern airport terminal. We arrived on a Sunday afternoon two hours before our…read moreflight back to Istanbul. We got through the first level of airport security with no one ahead of us. Turkish Airlines check-in was likewise relatively empty, and we walked right up to a gate agent. There are restrooms, seating, food outlets BEFORE going through second level of security on way to gates. Gate area is bright and airy. The Turkish Airways lounge is located at the far right end of the domestic terminal.