Yes, you can smoke at Çukurova International Airport (COV) — open-air smoking outside the terminal, landside, where Turkish law permits it; the airport publishes no smoking facility yet.
Çukurova is Turkey’s newest airport, opened in August 2024 near Adana and Mersin, and operated by KZV Airports under a Build-Operate-Transfer concession. Because the airport is so new, published information about its facilities is still limited, and its official site does not list a smoking room among the terminal services it publishes.
Landside (Before Security)
Open-air smoking outside the terminal, landside, is where Turkish law permits it — Law No. 4207 bans tobacco use only in enclosed spaces. The airport itself publishes no dedicated smoking facility.
After Security
Çukurova’s terminal-services listing covers a Turkish Airlines CIP Lounge and Çelebi lounges on the domestic airside, a Çelebi lounge on the international airside, and indoor garden areas with food and beverage service reached after the departure lounges. The airport does not publish any of these as smoking areas. If you have lounge access, ask staff on-site about the current smoking arrangement rather than assuming one is available; this guide will be updated once that is confirmed.
Vaping
Turkey’s Ministry of Health classifies e-cigarettes as a tobacco product under Law No. 4207. With no published smoking facility at Çukurova, the same open-air, landside option applies to vaping as to smoking.
Summary
| Area | Smoking | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor terminal | No | Smoke-free interior |
| Landside (before security) | Yes | Open-air smoking permitted under Turkish law; airport publishes no dedicated facility |
| After security / lounges | Not confirmed | No smoking facility listed on the airport’s own terminal-services page |
| Vaping | Yes | Treated as tobacco under Law No. 4207; same open-air, landside option |
For Turkey’s airport smoking rules and vaping law, see our Turkey airport guide.