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All prices quoted are return fares. BA (0844 493 0787, www.ba.com) flies non-stop from Heathrow to Istanbul Atatürk – the main airport on the European side of the city – from £139. EasyJet (0843 104 5000, www.easyjet.com) flies non-stop from Bristol to Bodrum and Dalaman; Liverpool to Bodrum; Gatwick to Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman, Istanbul Atatürk and Izmir Adnan Menderes; Luton to Istanbul Atatürk; Stansted to Bodrum and Dalaman; and Manchester to Dalaman, from £26.

Jet2 (0871 226 1737, www.jet2.com) flies until September or October (depending on route) non-stop from East Midlands, Leeds Bradford and Manchester to Bodrum; and from East Midlands, Edinburgh, Leeds Bradford, Manchester and Newcastle to Dalaman, from £120. Pegasus Airlines (0845 084 8980, www.flypgs.com) flies non-stop from Stansted to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen – on the Asian side of the city – from £89, and to Izmir from £150. Thomas Cook (0871 230 2406,www.flythomascook.com) flies until October or November