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You can enjoy travel in a sleeping car on these Turkish routes and trains. Here's how to buy tickets.

ISTANBUL - ANKARA

Ankara Ekspresi
Turkey's premier overnight train, it hauls only sleeping cars. More...

Anadolu Ekspresi
A good mixed train of sleeping cars, couchettes and compartment cars. More...


ISTANBUL - ANKARA - KAYSERİ - SİVAS - ERZURUM - KARS

Doğu Ekspresi
Older, slower, less "prime"... unless you're going far east, take the Ankara Ekspresi or Anadolu Ekspresi instead. More...


ISTANBUL - ANKARA - KAYSERİ- MALATYA - VAN/DİYARBAKIR - (TEHERAN)

Vangölü/Güney/Trans Asya Ekspresi
On alternate days (more or less) this slow, old train ends up in Van or Diyarbakır. Once a week it goes on to Teheran, Iran as the Trans Asya Ekspresi.

ISTANBUL - KONYA - ADANA - GAZİANTEP - (DAMASCUS)

Iç Anadolu Mavi Tren
This Istanbul-to-Adana "Inner Anatolia Blue Train" is the best on the run. From Adana, take a bus to Antakya, where it's easy to get to the Syrian border. More...

Meram Ekspresi
This Istanbul-to-Konya train departs at dinnertime, takes 13-1/2 hours, arrives at breakfast time the next morning. Good! More...

ISTANBUL - THESSALONIKI, GREECE

Dostluk/Filia (Friendship) Express
Perhaps the best way to travel between Istanbul and Greece, this 12-hour overnight trip in a comfortable sleeping car saves you the cost of a hotel, and is more comfortable than a bus. More...

ANKARA - İZMİR

İzmir Mavi Tren
This good "Blue Train" is mixed, with sleeping and Pullman cars. More...

How to make reservations and buy train tickets in advance.

Please read this safety notice about sleeping car travel.


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Turkish Sleeping Car Trains, Istanbul, Turkey

Above, the Anadolu Ekspresi and Ankara Ekspresi ready to depart Istanbul's Haydarpaşa Station.

Below, a comfortable
sleeping compartment.

Sleeping Car, Turkish State Railways