✈ Star Alliance📍 Turkey · IST✓ Verified 11 Jul 2026
★ Moderate4.9/5
97/100 · MyDogCanFly score
Cabin and hold pets on most routes — but strict breed limits, and no pets to the UK.
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⚖️ Where does your dog travel?
Cabin≤ 8 kg
Hold≤ 50 kg
Cargo> 125 cm
Weight includes the carrier or kennel.
🐾 CabinAllowed
Cats, dogs & small songbirds in a soft carrier (40 × 30 × 23 cm) under the seat; window seats only.
Route-based
🧳 HoldAllowed
Larger pets as checked baggage (AVIH) in a hard, ventilated crate, up to 50 kg including the carrier.
Route-based
✈️ Turkish CargoOn request
For oversize crates (> 75 × 75 × 125 cm) and accepted 'dangerous' breeds.
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💶 Fares
Cabin (≤ 8 kg)
Route-based fee
Hold (≤ 50 kg)
Route-based fee
Turkish Cargo
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Service dog
Free
Turkish Airlines charges a route-based pet fee (no flat amount) shown in its official pet-fee calculator; not included in the baggage allowance. ✓ Official source
⚠️ Key restrictions
🐶 Flat-faced breeds
Cabin onlyHold forbidden
Snub-nosed cats and flat-nosed dogs (pug, bulldog, boxer, Shih Tzu, Boston terrier, Persian/Exotic cats…) may fly only in the cabin within 8 kg; barred from the hold since Oct 2021.
🚫 Banned & 'dangerous' breeds
Not accepted / cargo onlyNo sedation
Pit bull, American Staffordshire, Bull Terrier, Tosa, Dogo Argentino, Fila Brasileiro, American Bully & mixes aren't accepted at all; other 'dangerous' breeds (Rottweiler, Cane Corso, Dogue de Bordeaux, Anatolian Shepherd, Boerboel…) only via Turkish Cargo. No sedated or pregnant animals; microchip + rabies vaccine required.
🐶 Check whether your dog is snub-nosed
Turkish Airlines's published conditions mention snub-nosed breeds (cabin / the hold) without stating a general refusal. Check your breed's fiche, then confirm with the airline before booking.
These 22 breeds are MyDogCanFly's own brachycephalic classification, heaviest first — it is not the list published by Turkish Airlines. Use it to situate your dog, then read the airline's own wording above and confirm with it before booking.
🌡️ Temperature & hold
Temperature limits: not disclosedHeat embargo: not disclosed
Turkish Airlines doesn't publish hold-temperature limits or a seasonal heat embargo on its pet pages. Suitability depends on the aircraft, route and weather — confirm flight by flight.
Flying with a dog on Turkish Airlines: common questions
Can my dog travel in the cabin on Turkish Airlines?
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Turkish Airlines — Allowed. Cats, dogs & small songbirds in a soft carrier (40 × 30 × 23 cm) under the seat; window seats only. Fare: Route-based.
Does Turkish Airlines carry dogs in the hold?
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Hold — Allowed. Larger pets as checked baggage (AVIH) in a hard, ventilated crate, up to 50 kg including the carrier.
Does Turkish Airlines accept flat-faced (brachycephalic) breeds?
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Turkish Airlines — Cabin only · Hold forbidden. Snub-nosed cats and flat-nosed dogs (pug, bulldog, boxer, Shih Tzu, Boston terrier, Persian/Exotic cats…) may fly only in the cabin within 8 kg; barred from the hold since Oct 2021.
Does Turkish Airlines suspend dog transport in hot weather?
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Turkish Airlines doesn't publish hold-temperature limits or a seasonal heat embargo on its pet pages. Suitability depends on the aircraft, route and weather — confirm flight by flight.
Are assistance dogs accepted on Turkish Airlines?
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Turkish Airlines — In the cabin. Guide, hearing and medical-alert dogs (SVAN) travel free in the cabin on all routes.
Answers drawn from Turkish Airlines's published conditions, last verified 11 July 2026. Airline conditions are commercial and can change — confirm at booking.
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