What are the border procedures like when flying Istanbul-Hopa?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 11 Aug, 2023
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A Russian blogger (Alexander Lapshin) wrote two extensive blog posts about this very flight, which gives a precise answer to your questions.
Do you clear immigration in Hopa? If so, where?
No, you do not clear Turkish (or Georgian) immigration anywhere during this flight. When arriving to Batumi you get onto a special bus which takes you to Hopa and you don’t meet any border officials during the journey.
When clearing immigration at Atatürk and (if at all) Hopa, do you get stamped in/out, given that you have to show your boarding pass?
No, you don’t. It’s treated as a domestic flight, even though the technical airport of arrival is in Batumi. Back in 2006 Turkey and Georgia have signed a special agreement which allows Turkey to have a virtual airport in their North-Eastern provinces.
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