Popular destinations served from Istanbul‘s Büyük Otogar (Main Bus Terminal). Many are also served from the Harem Otogar on the Asian shoreof the Bosphorus. Balkan and eastern European country routes are also served from the Emniyet Garajı.
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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.
| City & Trip Time | Fares | Km/Mi |
| Adana – 14 hr | TL90-TL110 | 966 km/600 mi |
| Alanya – 13 hr | TL100-TL130 | 815 km/506 mi |
| Ankara – 6 hr | TL65-TL80 | 466 km/290 mi |
| Antakya – 15 hr | TL100-TL120 | 1133 km/704 mi |
| Antalya – 11 hr | TL100-TL120 | 713 km/443 mi |
| Ayvalık – 7 hr | TL85-TL95 | 450 km/280 mi |
| Bodrum – 11 hr | TL115-TL130 | 820 km/510 mi |
| Bursa(Osmangazi Br.)-3 hr | TL40-TL55 | 170 km/106 mi |
| Çanakkale – 4 hr | TL50-TL70 | 303 km/188 mi |
| Cappadocia – 11 hr (details) | TL90-TL120 | 730 km/454 mi |
| Denizli (Pamukkale) – 10 hr | TL95-TL115 | 665 km/413 mi |
| Diyarbakır – 21 hr | TL140-TL160 | 1453 km/903 mi |
| Edirne – 4 hr | TL35-TL55 | 272 km/169 mi |
| Ephesus (Selçuk) – 10 hr | TL110-TL125 | 560 km/348 mi |
| Erzurum – 24 hr | TL110-TL130 | 1275 km/792 mi |
| Fethiye – 12 hr | TL110-TL125 | 793 km/493 mi |
| Gaziantep – 16 hr | TL105-TL125 | 1140 km/708 mi |
| Göreme(Cappadocia)-10 hr | TL100-TL125 | 735 km/457 mi |
| İzmir – 9 hr | TL85-TL105 | 610 km/379 mi |
| Kaş & Kalkan – 12-14 hr | TL125-TL140 | 910 km/565 mi |
| Kayseri – 11 hr | TL95-TL115 | 779 km/484 mi |
| Konya – 10 hr | TL105-TL125 | 726 km/451 mi |
| Kuşadası – 9 hr | TL100-TL125 | 555 km/345 mi |
| Marmaris – 11 hr | TL115-TL140 | 740 km/460 mi |
| Nevşehir – 9 hr (details) | TL95-TL120 | 729 km/453 mi |
| Olimpos – 12 hr | TL115-TL130 | 790 km/491 mi |
| Pamukkale – 10 hr | TL95-TL115 | 640 km/398 mi |
| Şanlıurfa – 18 hr | TL110-TL130 | 1342 km/834 mi |
| Side – 12 hr | TL100-TL130 | 760 km/472 mi |
| Trabzon – 16 hr | TL115-TL135 | 1110 km/690 mi |
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