Cheap flights from Dublin to Ankara

The weeks either side of October often come close on price, and October itself is the month to target here, with the calendar carrying fares from October through to March. Winter suits a city break, but planes can fill and prices can climb around the Christmas and New Year dates, so lock those in earlier if your days are fixed. Compare a Tuesday or Wednesday departure against Friday and Sunday before you commit, and glance at Turkish public holidays too, since fixed dates on the Ankara side can fill seats without warning.

Connections define the ticket: Pegasus and Turkish Airlines feed their Istanbul hubs, Sun Express works through Izmir, Lufthansa and Swiss route via Germany and Switzerland, while Emirates and Egyptair swing south through Dubai and Cairo. Pegasus and Sun Express are the low-cost carriers, so checked bags and seat selection sit outside the entry fare; Turkish Airlines, Lufthansa, Swiss and Emirates bundle more in, and the ticket price shows it. Scandinavian Airlines and Aer Lingus also appear in the results, sometimes stitched together with another carrier for the Ankara leg.

Many itineraries put you at Esenboga late in the day, and that shapes the first hour or two: the airport sits well outside the city, the bus into the centre may be thinning out by the time you clear arrivals, and a taxi or a transfer booked ahead removes the guesswork from a late landing. Esenboga is Ankara's only airport and a compact one, so exits, cash machines and ground transport are simple to find once you are through. Keep some local currency for the ride into town, and if your landing time sits near the last departures, decide on a fallback before you fly.

Currency

TRY (₺)

Power sockets

Type C, F · 230 V

Language

Turkish

Emergency number

112, 177

Driving side

right

Calling code

+36

Internet domain

.tr

Population of Ankara

5.8 M (2023)

Time zone

UTC+03 (Europe/Istanbul)

Country facts: Wikidata

• Price checked bags into the total on Pegasus and Sun Express, because the low-cost base fare leaves them out.
• Dublin has a single airport, so the choice that matters is your connection — check which city you change in and how long the layover runs.
• If two carriers are sold as separate tickets, a missed connection is yours to fix, so keep the whole journey on one booking where possible.
• Check the passport and entry rules for Turkey before you pay, including any visa or landing form your nationality needs.
• October is the month to aim for on price, and the calendar runs through to March, so scan those months before settling on dates.