Originally Posted by
bilofsky
If you're flying Turkish Airlines, they offer
these free tours for layovers of 6 hours or more. I think you'll just miss the noon tour, though.
Turkish is a great airline, but everything connects through Istanbul, often with long layovers. For layovers over 9 (economy) or 12 (business) hours, there are also
free hotel rooms.
The OP's schedule didn't allow him taking one of the tours, as you have mentioned he would miss the tour departing at noon, that's why I haven't mentioned about it.