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[[File:CraigThumbingAsiaTurkey.JPG|thumb|250px|left|[[User:Halt, Stop! Reudnitz kommt.|Craig]] hitching in Cappadocia en route to Malaysia]]
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== Getting In ==
[[File:CraigThumbingAsiaTurkey.JPG|thumb|250px|left|[[User:Halt, Stop! Reudnitz kommt.|Craig]] hitching in [[Cappadocia]] en route to [[Malaysia]]]]
Citizens of most EU and other Western countries can get a 3 months visa for 10 Euro or more. Czech, German, Latvian, Italian and Romanian citizens are allowed to enter the country without any visa at all.
From [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] and the rest of Caucasus, it's easiest to enter the country at [[Sarp-Sarpi border crossing]] on the Black Sea coast. Crossing the Sarp/Sarpi borderpost on foot is allowed. There's also a smaller border crossing in [[Posof]] which requires a bit more patience and time as it's a small mountain road on the turkish side and a mountain trail on the Georgian side.
[[User:Halt, Stop! Reudnitz kommt.|Craig]] has crossed into [[Iran]] at the ''[[Yuksekova-Esendere]]'' border easily and is sure that getting rides on the Turkish side should be no problem. He and Dario hitched a petrol smuggling van from [[Yuksekova]] to the border. There were lots of cars with the same deed on the road. Iranian side is difficult though. Bring lots of time [http://thumbingasia.blogspot.com/]!
== Safety ==
== Transportation ==
[[File:Mikeeg555 hitching in Turkey.jpg|thumb|250px|left|[[User:Mikeeg555|Mikeeg555]] hitching in Turkey]]
When you hitchhike in this country, people might try putting you on a ''dolmuş'' (mınıbus) or bringing you to the ''otogar'' (bus station). The dolmuş is the most common way of public transport inside and between cities & towns. These small buses that are advised to be used for small distances will stop anywhere on the road even if you don't signal them to stop. Generally, the ride on a dolmuş costs between 1 and 3 Lira.
