Transit in Istanbul

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I travelled from Philippines to UK transit in Istanbul. I bought some diamonds in Philippines properly declared with customs to bring out and will pay VAT in UK.

Q: Do I need to declare in Istanbul while transiting?

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 23 '19 at 22:24

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If you remain in the transit area:

You are checked in for both flights
You don’t need to re-check your luggage

you won’t pass customs so you don’t need to declare it in Istanbul.

edited Sep 23 '19 at 22:24

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answered Sep 22 '19 at 11:10

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 23 '19 at 22:23

Rule of thumb, declarations are made to customs, after passport control.

If you're changing airports in Istanbul, ie from IST/LTFM to SAW/LTFJ, you'll be going though customs. Then you will need to declare.

If you're remaining in the same airport transit area, you won't need to declare.

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