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Hi,
is insurance obligatory for all bikes, or just in case you are not coverd by green card? My green card covers Turkey, no info about extra costs for insurance found on my auto/moto club web page.
How much credit should i fill on the HGS card, if coming form Dereköy/Kirklareli to Istambul and then back to Edirne?
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Merhaba,
1-No need to buy traffic insurance if your green card covers Turkey..
Also no carnet needed..
2-If you enter Turkey via Dereköy, you can take the toll road in Edirne or Lüleburgaz(shorter)

2013-June-14
Edirne -İstanbul........ 212 km. 7,25 TL.
L.Burgaz-İstanbul..... 141 km. 5,50 TL.

Toll road from Kırklareli/Edirne to İstanbul is longer and boring.(gas most expensive here)

Two free enjoyable roads available to İstanbul, one from edirne and one from kırklareli...Instead you can take Kırklareli-vize-saray-then silivri istanbul or çatalca istanbul free roads..

Roadsigns for free roads are blue and green for toll roads..

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Turkey is changing over to an e-visa system in which you obtain visas online from https://www.evisa.gov.tr

The new system will be completely in place as from 10 April 2014 at which point you will no longer be able to obtain a visa at the border. More information at Turkish Consulate London - Visa Information
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Last info is that you can get your visum at the border till november instead of april. The e-visum system is working, I got one myself for our next trip. You get it in your mail as a PDF within a minute, print and ready. Supersytem!!.

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Cheers Tim and Jervig
I'll be there in June
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Turkey Rider Support
Here, some friendly minded people in case you need help in Turkey.

Turkey Rider Support Initiative | Let Us Be Your Supportive Pillion

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You can see example trips

Ufaktan Sahil Turu 2009 | Volkan Yaldız'ın Kişisel Serüveni 15 days
Devi’nin Türkiye Sahil Turu – Bölüm 1 | Volkan Yaldız'ın Kişisel Serüveni 35 days
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I can confirm the e-visa system is very easy and works brilliantly well for UK passport holders.

On my way to Istanbul in two days
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Hi all,

i'm planning on traveling from Iran into Turkey, Dogubeyazit border. I had planned to be there around november, but i'm still in Nepal, heading of next week.
So hopefully i will make it to turkey beginning of november.
I would like to know whether the weather is all ready going to be a problem at that time of the year? Ive read that eastern turkey can be very cold and snowy.

Any advice from locals is appreciated. Also heads up about safety matters in regards to the situation in syria/iraq and turkey will be apprectiated. Is the border crossing affected by this, or is it too far away?

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Thanks to the OP. Excellent info page about Turkey provided in the link on the first post.

Just two updates:


Superfast Ferries

... Disembarking in Igoumenitza in the early hours of the morning it is possible for a dedicated rider to reach Istanbul (1,100 km away) by the late evening/early night. The first 300 Km to Trikala are spectacular and twisty mountain roads, ...

This is now a complete highway. And the Greece-Turkey border in Ipsala is usually less crowded and quicker than Bulgaria-Turkey in Edirne.


The Roads

A network of Motorway is now spreading through the Country: normally you pick up the ticket at the entrance and pay (cash, no cards) at the exit ...


No cash payments possible. You need to buy an electronic toll card (HGS). This can be a pain for foreigners, as there are very few toll stations that actually sell the cards, sometimes the system is down, and sometimes they cannot take credit cards. Try to purchase it immediately at the border or at PTT post offices. The good news for foreigners is that when you accidentally drive through one or all of them without a proper card (and get the alarm ringing and foto taken) there is no follow-up exiting at the country border, let alone a letter arriving at home (as of November 2014).
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Turkey is changing over to an e-visa system in which you obtain visas online from https://www.evisa.gov.tr

The new system will be completely in place as from 10 April 2014 at which point you will no longer be able to obtain a visa at the border. More information at Turkish Consulate London - Visa Information
I had a visa at the Essendere border two days ao (23rd November 2014), citizen of the Netherlands, no problem.

Any recommended hotels with parking in Istanbul?

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90 days in 180 tourist stay rule
Can someone clarify for me?

I intially thought it was 90 days in a fixed 180 day period as the evisa application is for that period. But now I read that it is an ongoing 180 day period ie you count back from now or upon exit from Turkey.

Let's say I exit Turkey end of January after a 90 day stay. When will be the first date I can return for another 60 day stay?
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I found a 90 in 180 calculator, begun by a guy who overstayed because he didn't understand the rules until a policeman at exit customs explained them

Link:
90/180 Day Calculator

I'm not so sure about his date calculation method - see under his "About date calculation" menu tab because I thought that the day of arrival
and departure (at whatever time) were both included

Neverthless the calculator is still very useful.
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Hi

I'm planning on taking part in the Serres Rally in Northern Greece at the end of August. To get there I will need to catch the ferry from Cyprus and ride up through Turkey. Is there anything I should be aware of with regards to routes, paperwork or the current political situation? I can probably take a scenic route on the way up but I expect I will have to get back swiftly for work after the race.

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