With 168 ticket offices and gates, its own Metro station, shops, restaurants, hotel, police station, clinic and mosque, the Büyük Otogar is virtually a town in itself. This is the main bus depot for long distance travel within Turkey.
Hundreds of companies run thousands of buses, mostly big, comfortable and new, day and night. Busses leave
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There are two airports in İstanbul. Atatürk International Airport (European Side) and Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (Asian Side).
Sabiha Gökçen International Airport is the second major airport serving of Istanbul, Turkey. This airport is on Asian side of İstanbul.
It has non stop flights from SAW to worldwide routes. The facility is named after Sabiha Gökçen, the first female combat pilot in the world. It is located on the Asian side of the bi-continental
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Atatürk International Airport (formerly Yeşilköy International Airport) (IATA: IST, ICAO: LTBA) (Turkish: Atatürk Uluslararası Havalimanı) is the major international airport in Istanbul, Turkey. Located in Yeşilköy, on the European side of the city, it is 24 km (15 mi) west[1] of the city centre. The airport is named in honor of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the
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The Akbil is a small stainless steel “button” (actually a Maxim Integrated Products iButton) on a plastic holder. Inside is a computer chip.
Passengers using Akbil are allowed reduced-fare transfers among transit lines and means. Pay for the initial stage of your journey with an Akbil, and you can transfer to other transport within 120 minutes
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Step 1. Shop where you see the Global Refund Tax Free Shopping logo andsimply ask for your refund Cheque.
Step 2. When leaving Turkey, show your purchases, invoices and passport to customs officials and have your Global Refund invoice/cheques stamped.
Step 3. Collect your refund in cach at a bearby Cach refund office or mail back the
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The Turkish Currency is the Turkish Lira (TL), which is made up of 100 Kuruş (kr).
Coin Denominations are:
1 Kr, 5 Kr, 10 Kr, 25 Kr, 50 Kr and 1 TL Coins.
Note Denominations are:
5 TL, 10 TL, 20 TL, 50 TL, 100 TL and 200 TL notes.
Here are some directions related words in Turkish
Hello – Merhaba
Good morning – Günaydın
Good evening – iyi akşamlar
Good night – iyi geceler
Goodbye – Güle güle
Bon voyage – iyi yolculuklar
Stay happy – Hoşça kalın
See you – Görüşürüz
Good day – iyi günler
Left – Sol
Right – Sağ
Straight on – Doğru
Here – Burada
There – Şurada
Over there – Orada
Near – Yakın
Far
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Here are some basic words from Turkish language. I am sure that these will be helpful.
Yes – Evet
No – Hayır
Okay – Tamam
Please – Lütfen
Thank you – Teşekkür ederim
Thanks very much – Çok teşekkürler
You are welcome – Rica ederim
Welcome – Hoş geldiniz
Pardon me – Afedersiniz
I am fine – iyiyim
Help yourself – buyrun
Friend – Arkadaş
What? – Ne?
How?
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