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Popular destinations served
from Istanbul's Büyük
Otogar (Main Bus Terminal).
Many are also served from the Harem
Otogar on the Asian shore
of the Bosphorus.
Balkan and eastern-country routes are
also served from the Emniyet
Garajı.
Here's how
to buy bus tickets in Turkey.
Ticket office numbers
in boldface indicate
large national companies, which may
have better service. Click
on a number for details. Click
here for maps of Istanbul & Region.
If a destination has
many numbers, there is frequent
service from Istanbul, and
you can usually find a bus and a seat
easily during daylight hours without
a reservation, except at the busiest holiday times.
Here are Turkey's
major bus companies.
Other pages have info
on buses from Istanbul to Greece, Bulgaria & the
Balkans, and Europe.
Adana
13.5 hr |
TL50-
TL70 |
940
km
584 mi |
Varan, Has, Ulusoy, Yeni Adana, Lider Adana |
Alanya
15 hr
|
TL46-
TL68 |
840
km
522 mi |
Varan, Asya
Tur, Istanbul
Seyahat, Ulusoy, Kâmil
Koç |
Ankara
5-6 hr |
TL25-
TL60 |
450
km
280 mi |
Varan, Pamukkale, Metro, Asya
Tur, Istanbul
Seyahat, Has, Nilüfer, Hakiki
Koç, Ulusoy, Kâmil
Koç,
and many more |
Antakya
17 hr |
TL33-
TL45 |
1130
km
702 mi
|
Has,
or take any bus to Adana and
change for an Antakya bus |
Antalya
12 hr |
TL35-
TL57 |
725
km
451 mi
|
Varan, Pamukkale, Asya
Tur, Istanbul
Seyahat, Hakiki
Koç, Ulusoy, Kâmil
Koç |
Ayvalık
8 hr ö |
TL22-
TL30 |
570
km
354 mi |
Varan, Ulusoy, Kâmil
Koç,
(or Bandırma ferry & bus) |
Bodrum
12 hr |
TL35-
TL44 |
830
km
516 mi
|
Varan, Asya
Tur, Ulusoy, Kâmil
Koç |
Bursa
2.5 hr |
TL12-
TL20 |
230
km
143 mi
|
Nilüfer, Kâmil
Koç (or Yalova ferry & bus) |
Çanakkale
5.5 hr |
TL15-
TL22 |
340
km
211 mi |
Kamil Koç |
Cappadocia
(details) 11
hr |
TL18-
TL28 |
730
km
454 mi |
8, 18, 24, 27, 28, 29, 59 (or
go via Kayseri—more
info) |
Denizli
(Pamukkale)
10 hr |
TL20-
TL31 |
665
km
413 mi |
Varan, Pamukkale, Ulusoy, Kâmil
Koç |
| Diyarbakır |
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Özlem
Diyarbakır |
Edirne
2.5 hr |
TL8-
TL12 |
235
km
146 mi |
103-104, 116 |
| Ephesus (Selçuk)
10 hr |
TL26-
TL40 |
690
km
430 mi |
Kâmil
Koç (or
take a bus to Izmir and
switch to one of the very frequent Selçuk buses) |
Erzurum
24 hr |
TL44-
TL60 |
1275
km
792 mi |
31, 73-74, 86, 147, 150, 153, 157, 160, 165-166, |
Fethiye
12-14 hr |
TL30-
TL42 |
890
km
553 mi
|
Varan, Ulusoy, Kâmil
Koç |
Gaziantep
16 hr |
TL40-
TL56 |
1140
km
708 mi |
Varan |
Göreme
(Cappadocia)
11 hr |
TL18-
TL28 |
735
km
457 mi |
8, 18, 24, 28, 59 (mostly
night buses; or go via Kayseri) |
Izmir
9 hr |
TL22-
TL35 |
610
km
379 mi |
Varan, Pamukkale, Asya
Tur, Istanbul
Seyahat, Nilüfer, Ulusoy, Kâmil
Koç |
Kaş & Kalkan
12-14 hr |
TL30-
TL45 |
910
km
565 mi |
Kâmil
Koç (or
change buses at Antalya, Fethiye
or Marmaris) |
Kayseri
12 hr |
TL20-
TL30 |
760
km
471 mi
|
34, 40, 47-48, 59, 63, 65, 66, 70, 77, 89, 143, 150 |
Konya
10 hr |
TL20-
TL30 |
663
km
412 mi |
Has |
Kuşadası
9 hr |
TL28-
TL39 |
555
km
345 mi |
Varan, Asya
Tur, Ulusoy, Kâmil
Koç |
Marmaris
13 hr |
TL36-
TL42 |
900
km
560 mi |
Varan, Asya
Tur, Ulusoy, Kâmil
Koç |
Olimpos
13.5 hr |
TL35-
TL45 |
805
km
500 mi
|
via
Antalya |
Pamukkale
12.5 hr |
TL22-
TL34 |
685
km
426 mi
|
via
Denizli |
| Şanlıurfa |
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Şanlıurfa
Cesur, Urfa
Seyahat |
Side
14 hr |
TL28-
TL42 |
770
km
478 mi |
via
Antalya |
Trabzon
18 hr |
TL42-
TL58 |
1110
km
690 mi |
Hakiki
Koç, Ulusoy |
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