We did it last summer and was fine flew Dublin Istanbul Dalaman , just made the stop over in Istanbul all part of holiday went into one of the executive lounges cost only 60lira for myself husband and 2 kids , stayed 4 hours lounge including drinks snacks free wifi and even had an outside area you could sit so time went by very quickly ,our flights worked out in total for the 4 of us a saving of £450 so well worth it Diana