Istanbul International Airport duty-free

Duty-free shop in Istanbul International Airport

When you come to the central airport of Turkey Istanbul Airport, you can get more than flight services. It’s a true city-in-the-city, which has a luxury infrastructure with the features of a Franz & Plajer style that meets the needs of all passengers. Since its establishment in November 2018, it has been developing its luxury shopping department, including a giant open-plan 800-sq.m. duty-free zone that lies on the International departure floor. It declares to be a perfectly created success story, and we are going to share some knowledge about it!

Today, this area is supported by a strong partnership between IGA as an airport operator, TRBusiness (joined as a part of the collaboration in February 2020), Unifree Duty-Free/Gebr, Heinemann, and TAV Holdings which is assumed in a concept of ATÜ, a Türkçe duty-free marketplace which releases both monobrand boutiques, exquisite pop-up stores, and multi-brand shops to create amazing shopping conditions and an environment friendly for shoppers from all parts of the world including Asia, Africa, and America, and such destinations like Batumi, Monaco, and other European cities. The area combines the aesthetics of the Turkish domestic market and luxury concepts inspired by the London and Paris fashion industries and their companies. Today, you can believe us, that the Luxury Square (that’s what ATU duty-free location is called) is reminiscent of the most sophisticated and innovative trade and management concepts of the United Kingdom deluxe department stores like Selfridges. Thus, it is offering opportunities that meet the highest requirement of a shopper that wants to make purchases from any corner of the world.
It’s interesting to know that ATU duty-free in Istanbul airport proposes the production of 28+ popular global luxury brands like Stella McCartney, Off-White, Alanui, and Alexander McQueen for clothing and accessories, over 10 exclusive brands of watches and luxury jewelry including iconic Swarovski, Bee Goddess, Cartier, Fendi, Gucci, Chopard, and other flagships of luxury jewelry. Moreover, the area includes a 92 sq.m. Heinemann outlet opening daily with only watches, glasses, and jewelry by Dior, Piaget, Balenciaga are represented.
Here you acquire unbelievable shopping experiences and the ability to buy almost everything, as it’s the newest among duty-free spaces, its concept of the Old Bazaar impresses greatly, and it is located in one of the biggest and the busiest airports in the Northern Hemisphere (although UNIfree’s department stores are also present in Ankara, Galataport, Bodrum in Turkey and in Georgia, Tunisia, Latvia, North Macedonia, and Oman). Moreover, it is constantly expanding its space and this process engages new high-end brands and commercial partners to make its high-quality shopping services even more engaging and satisfying for visitors who travel around the world. The team of Turkish duty-free is fully proud and committed they create the first-class concept.

Istanbul Airport duty-free contact information

When you travel to Istanbul airport, you may be interested in how to get to its Luxury Square duty-free area. It is located in the international terminal near the D7 gate after the passport security control. The map of the duty-free area and its store locations can be found on the airport’s website.
Besides, UNIFree’s chief director and official team during their career are open for personal communication with customers and any press interview via the following contact methods:

You can visit their corporate website. All the information and valuable data about brands, outlets, sales, and updates can be found here.
The ATU operators gladly receive emails from customers at [email protected].
You are also welcome to call the organization via phone number 0850-222-5-288.
Even more! There are multiple social media pages to you can get in touch with ATU representatives and get more information about its news, partnerships, locations, concept stores, custom allowances, and orders. Just subscribe to the operator’s Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, or YouTube channels.

Duty-free Istanbul airport prices

To create a clear understanding of why Istanbul Airport duty-free is a win-win luxury shopping breakthrough that can make you happy, let’s check some ultimate prices for world luxury bestsellers among exclusive watch & perfumery products in ATU.

Table 1

Item	Price (euro)
Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Pur Couture The Slim Lipstick	33.00
Michael Kors Sunglasses	140.00
Swatch Blue Daze Watch	65.00
Gucci Sunglasses	from 190.00

Istanbul airport duty-free shop list

As for the key operating facilities in the Istanbul airport duty-free, there are two main shopping areas:

The Old Bazaar is a market-designed area which offers customers traditional Turkish products including carpets, textiles, sweets, and delights in every store.
The Luxury Square hosts 22 boutiques with almost everything from deluxe sunglasses and exquisite watches to furs and diamonds can be purchased.

The stores and pop-ups in the airport are working 24/7 and this provides an efficient operation for ATU and exceptional customer service for passengers arriving daily to the airport.

How do I pre-order duty-free items at the Istanbul airport?

Pushing the retailing business in the new airport, ATU CEOs provided an additional service in recent years for customers who prefer pre-ordering shopping so as not to lose time. That is, you can order duty-free products including jewellery beforehand to pick up reserved items in the store upon your arrival at IGA and completion of your concluded order to feel happy.
To experience such an opportunity, it is enough to enter the ATU site and get to the pre-ordering section of its menu. Further, everything works like in any online store you visit.

What are the duty-free limits in Turkey?

Although UNIFREE duty-free offers an exceptional choice of products, you cannot buy all of them due to customs rules. In Turkey, there are limits for departure and arrival set for various types of duty-free offers. At last, we have collected them into a convenient table you can use when deciding on what you want to buy and creating your shopping plan in ATÜ duty-free shops.

Table 3

Item	Arrival	Departure
Cigarette	3 packs/600 pieces	9 packs/1800 pieces
Cigar	50 piece	150 pieces
Rolling tobacco/pipe tobacco	250 g	750 g
Hard liquors (>22% of alcohol)	1 liter	3 liters
Liquor beverage ( < 22% of alcohol)	2 liters	6 liters
Perfumery	600 ml	1800 ml
Cosmetics	5 pieces	15 pieces
Tea or coffee	1 kilogram	3kg
Sweets or chocolates	2 kilograms	6 kilograms

FAQs

In the event if you still have some questions about the operation of Istanbul Airport ATÜ shopping areas, we’ll be certainly glad to answer them in that department of our article.

What are some of the best items to buy duty-free at the airports in Istanbul?

When you travel to Istanbul or start your journey from this city, do not miss a chance to buy some exclusives in ATU/UNIFREE duty-free. The best investment of your costs among the airport’s duty-free products are perfumes, jewellery, branded clothing by Alexander McQueen, watches from the Heinemann boutique, and local goods manufactured by Turkish businesses like textiles, cosmetics, coffee, sweets, and chocolates that are fully missing in other countries. They cost less than anywhere, yet their premium quality makes them a profitable idea to spend your money on under protection of the leading tax-free project.

What is the airport duty-free concept?

The main concept of duty-free stores is to offer a tax-free area allowing tourists and airport passengers can buy various goods and collect products for special prices which are typically lower due to non-charged import taxes and these differences make it a profitable site. The concept is to provide airport customers with a unique opportunity to shop in a tax-free zone while they are waiting for their departure or after their arrival. In terms of Istanbul Airport, this concept is brought in the local atmosphere of hospitality, rich cultural traditions that refer to luxury, and the extremely delightful design of ATU Duty-Free that together create an unbelievable and exciting customer experience.

Which luxury brands are available at Istanbul International Airport?

ATU duty-free zone is a real treasure chest and a piece of art for fashion lovers. The area includes multiple boutique stores hosting and featuring such genuine foreign and local brands and labels as Richter, Arcan, Harrods, Messika, Marks & Spenser, Celine, Burberry, Jigsaw, Loewe, Chloe, Marc Jacobs, Kenzo, Givenchy, and lots of others can be found in all the diversity of products. This diversity fits the highest expectations and opens customer the door into the world of wealth that is sharing extensive shopping with no boundaries

Can I return duty-free items?

The World Duty-Free concept is reflecting that customers have an opportunity to return items that don’t fit their expectations or develop any fault. You can return purchased items within 60 days after you bought them if they are entire and whole, unpacked, unused, and remain intact. You may need a receipt check to prove your purchase and fill in a return form to get refunding. Keep in mind that duty-free stores have a list of non-refundable items. You cannot return and refund alcohol and tobacco products, earrings and in-ear headphones, swimwear and underwear, food and pharmaceutical products.