Atatürk Havalimanı Metro Istasyonu

International departures terminal is nice. Items are vEry overpriced. Domestic terminal is not nice. Wireless situation sucks. Tax rebate people are rude! In general, does not represent turkey well.

Terminating station for the M1 line that goes to Yenikapı, this station serves IST (the international airport). Plenty of signage to locate the station from the surface level, I rode an escalator down to the concourse level (there might have been a lift/​elevator but I wasn’t looking for one) where there were ticket vending machines.
Easy enough to purchase a ticket, just put in your 5L note and receive back a 1L coin and a plastic token. The token goes into the turnstile and you follow it in to access the trains.
The platform is a center island and the next stop on the line is İstanbul Fuar Merkezi.
It’s about a 30 minute ride from here to the other end of the line, Aksaray.