Yes, you can smoke at Trabzon Airport (TZX) — open-air smoking outside the terminal, landside, where Turkish law permits it. The airport publishes no smoking facility of its own, so plan to smoke before you clear security.
Trabzon Airport serves Turkey’s eastern Black Sea coast through separate Domestic and International terminal buildings, both run by the state operator DHMİ. Smoking indoors is not permitted anywhere in either building under Law No. 4207.
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. This applies to passengers using either the Domestic or International Terminal.
After Security
Travellers described the same thing on two separate occasions, in April 2024 and again in December 2025: no smoking area once you’re past the checkpoint in the Domestic Terminal, meaning smokers have to exit the sterile zone and go through security again to light up outside. Treat that as the current situation and smoke landside before you check in rather than counting on an airside option.
Vaping
Turkey’s Ministry of Health classifies e-cigarettes as a tobacco product under Law No. 4207. With no after-security smoking option at Trabzon, the same open-air, landside option outside the terminal applies to vaping.
Summary
| Area | Smoking | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor terminal | No | Smoke-free interior in both buildings |
| Landside (before security) | Yes | Open-air smoking permitted under Turkish law; airport publishes no dedicated facility |
| After security | None | Travellers in April 2024 and December 2025 described no airside smoking option in the Domestic Terminal |
| 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.