Turkey Travel Information

Aegean Region	Black Sea Region	Central Anatolia Region

Marmara Region	Mediterranean Region	Eastern Anatolia Region

Southeastern Anatolia

HOW TO COME, TURKEY ?

BY COACH
There are regular services between Turkey and Austria, France, Germany, Holland, It Switzerland, and Greece; also Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Syria.

BY AIR
Turkish Airlines ( THY ): THY has regular flights in Boeing 737-400's, 737-500's, RJ-100's, and Airbus 310-200's, 310-300's, and 340-300's for Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir, Antalya, Adana, Trabzon and Dalaman from the principal capitals and major cities of the world.

International airlines : Most international airlines have regular flights from all major cities of the world to Turkey's international airports.

BY SEA
Passenger Ferries: Apart from numerous cruises in the Mediterranean, several foreign shipping companies have regular services to the ports of Trabzon, Samsun, Istanbul, Dikili, Izmir, Çesme, Kusadasi, Bodrum, Marmaris, Antalya, Alanya, Mersin and Iskenderun.

Car Ferries: There are several car ferries for tourists who wish to take their cars while sightseeing: Venice, Ancona, Brindisi, Bari, Istanbul, Izmir, Cesme, Kusadasi, Marmaris, Antalya.

Lines between Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Tasucu - Girne
Alanya - Girne
Mersin - Gazimagosa

Ferry lines between Turkey and the Greek Islands:
Ayvalik - Midilli (Lesbos)
Cesme - Sakiz (Chios)
Kusadasi - Sisam (Samos)
Bodrum - Istanköy (Cos)
Marmaris - Rodos (Rhodes)
Datça - Siombeki (Symi)

BY RAIL
Train journeys can be made to Istanbul directly from and via some of the major cities Europe.

BY ROAD
Private car : London - Istanbul, approximately 3,000 km.
Northern Route : Belgium, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Turkey.
Southern Route : Belgium, Germany, Austria, and Italy, with a ferry to Turkey

Turkey Geographical Statistics

Turkey extends itself with a small part (3% of the land mass) its country area on the European continent and with the much larger part (97% of the land mass) on the Asian continent.
Through its size of almost 800,000 km² Turkey is scenically extremely multilateral and for a trip extremely attractive. The Flora and fauna in Turkey seeks sewed can be discovered people like her in the entire East, it over 9000 different types at plants and animals.
Nature lover can connect so its vacation with an excursion into the wilderness and can observe yet numerous in freedom living brown bears and wolfs. Similar to it with that multilaterally the landscape behaves, is the climate of also extremely different in the respective province. In the head vacation zones at the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean climatic ratios, that make trips into Turkey to every year time to a comfortable pleasure, rule.
To the many goals whether city, coast come or Innland after the facts, that the costs extremely economically is for a vacation in Turkey in comparison with other destinations in Europe and that must accept one restrictions in the achievements.

OFFICIAL NAME : Republic of Turkey
Government : Parliamentary republic.
Formation of Parliament : April 23, 1920
Declaration of Republic : October 29, 1923
Capital : Ankara.
Largest city : Istanbul
Population ( 2007 estimate) : 71,158,647 .
Area : 301,380 sq mi/780,574 sq km.
Water (%) : 1.3
Languages : Turkish (official).
Health Certificates : None required. Contact health authorities for latest information.
Weather : Mediterranean in coastal areas, harsher temperatures inland.
Economy : Agriculture, industry, mining, tourism.
Predominant Religions: Predominately Islamic (Sunni), though many other sects and religions are represented.
Currency : Turkish Lira.
Internet TLD : .tr
Weights & Measures :
Time Zone : 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (+2 GMT). Daylight Saving Time is observed March-October.
Telephone Codes : 90, country code; 212, Istanbul (European side); 216, Istanbul (Asian side).
Voltage Requirements : 220 volts.
Airport Departure Tax : None.