Cheap flights from London to Diyarbakir

January is the cheapest month on this route, and it is also the quietest. Fares also show for September, October, November, December and April, so if your dates are flexible, start there. Late spring and summer cost more, which is where the value sits in winter and early spring. Midweek departures usually beat the weekend, and early morning connections tend to be calmer than the evening rush. For winter trips a few weeks of lead time is usually enough; for April and the summer peak, earlier is safer. Watch school breaks in both countries and religious holidays in Turkey, when seats fill quickly.

Nobody flies London to Diyarbakir non-stop, so every option is a connection. Low-cost carriers do much of the work here: Wizz Air UK, Jet2, Easyjet, Pegasus and Sun Express all sell seats on the route, usually with bags and seat choice as paid extras. Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, together with Lufthansa City Airlines, are the full-service choices, where a checked bag and a meal are normally part of the fare. Eurowings and Ajet also turn up on connections. The real difference is where you change planes and whether both legs sit on one ticket: a single ticket protects you if the first flight runs late, two separate tickets do not.

Diyarbakir is served by a single airport, so there is no second gateway to weigh up when you land. The run into the centre is by road, by taxi, shuttle or a car booked in advance. If your connection lands late, sort the transfer before you fly, because desks and buses thin out after the last arrivals. Keep documents, medication and a change of clothes in your cabin bag, since a bag that misses the connection at your hub can arrive later than you do. If someone is meeting you, agree the meeting point in advance.

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 Diyarbakir

1.7 M (2018)

Time zone

UTC+03 (Europe/Istanbul)

Country facts: Wikidata

• Pick your London airport first, because Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and London City all serve this route and the trip into town differs at each.
• Check what the fare includes on low-cost carriers such as Wizz Air UK, Jet2, Easyjet, Pegasus and Sun Express, where bags are usually extra.
• If you book the legs on separate tickets, a missed connection is yours to fix, not the airline's.
• Check the entry rules for Turkey for your passport before you pay.
• Use the price calendar: January is the cheapest month, and fares also show for September through December and April.