Transportation

Considering the  Turkey's central location, you can easily reach many cities in Europe and Central and Near Asia by road and air. You can find connecting flights to any destination you want with airports in other cities, especially Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Antalya. You can enjoy your student life with transportation options suitable for every budget.

It is possible to easily find direct flights from Istanbul to various cities around the world. Some of these flights are as follows;

It also organizes bus services to its neighbors such as Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Georgia, Iran, Iraq and Syria.                                            

It offers safe and comfortable transportation to its passengers with its developed land and airline networks for domestic transportation. Discounted prices are offered to students in  public transportation. Students can use transportation vehicles, such as buses, minibuses and metro at a discount.

Luxury buses are the most preferred for intercity travelling. Buses, which provide food and beverage, internet and TV services, are quite affordable compared to planes.

State-supported railway transportation is also widely used since it is affordable. There are high-speed trains on the Ankara-Konya-Ankara, Konya-Eskişehir-İstanbul (Pendik)-Konya and Ankara-Eskişehir-İstanbul (Pendik)-Ankara lines, and conventional trains on the other lines. The goverment continues to work on new high-speed train lines.

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There are many airline firms you can choose for domestic transportation in Turkey. Most of these flights operate through Istanbul and Ankara airports. There are more than 40 airports in Turkey. You can use these airports for both your domestic and international flights. You can check the examples below for travel times.

• Istanbul –Adana: 1 hour 30 minutes

• Istanbul – Ankara: 1 hour 5 minutes

• Istanbul – Antalya: 1 hour

• Istanbul –Gaziantep: 1 hour 40 minutes

• Istanbul – Izmir: 1 hour 05 minutes

• Ankara – Izmir: 1 hour 20 minutes

• Ankara – Van: 1 hour 35 minutes

• Ankara – Antalya: 1 hour 05 minutes

• Izmir – Istanbul: 1 hour 05 minutes

• Izmir – Ankara: 1 hour 20 minutes

From city to city, the transportation possibilities vary. As you will encounter in all metropolises of the world, traffic can be seen during busy business hours in Turkey's big cities. Thanks to public transportation, which is developed day by day, urban traffic is prevented to somehow. For example, it is possible to travel between the Asian and European sides of Istanbul using metro, ferry and bus.

In some cities, in addition to public transportation operated by municipalities, there are also private buses and minibuses.

Thanks to these means of transportation, students can reach their schools, homes or other places at a discount. In addition, some universities offer round-trip shuttle services (paid/free).

Some students prefer to walk or bike to school because their dormitories or houses are close to the campus.