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'''Konya''' is a city in [[Turkey]], on the central plateau of Anatolia.
Hitchhiking in and out of Konya varies in difficulty, but generally it is pretty good. Hitchhiking in the city, for example from a suburb to the center, can be very good. For example the D300 going into the city works very well, you will probably not wait more than a few minutes. The people of Konya are generally very friendly and happy to give rides.
== Hitchhiking out ==
This city is one of the most conservative cities in Turkey and has a reputation for it. Many non-local Turks will swear that you will not even have a slight chance for a lift around Konya, but that’s not true. Instead, this is one of the places in Turkey where you will be offered quickest lifts, even if you don’t have a conservative appearance according to local standards (e.g. a male having long hair and an untidy beard).
=== North towards [[Ankara]] ===
The most common road to Ankara seems to be the D715. There are busses going there, like the 34-A where you can get of at Kayacik Yagmur which is on the D715. But you can probably also hitch here easily from the center. Right after the Alpet gas station there is room for cars to stop and they are not going super fast. The D715 is pretty well trafficked, however getting a ride is not necessarily easy. Many trucks seem to be turning of the highway shorty after, so it might be good to get a ride at least a little bit away from the city. But if you are patient you should be able to get a ride here.
=== Northeast towards [[Aksaray]], [[Cappadocia]], [[Nevşehir]] ===
You need to reach the D300 towards Aksaray; the next big city after Konya in that direction. You can take the tramway a get out in "Otogar" stop. From there, walk like 10 minutes towards east until the next roundabout (close to Novaland Outlet mall). From there you can catch a ride to Cappadocia easily. Some drivers are using that road to go to Ankara, but they can drop you to the junction of the D300 road and from there Aksaray is straight away.
=== East towards [[Eregli]], [[Adana]] ===
The only thing is, here a massive military zone starts for further 2-3 km, enclosed by a wire fence and on that corner two armed soldiers were on duty and we stood right next to them on the other side of the fence. They didn't have a problem with our hitchhiking and wished us a nice trip, only asked us to move so we wouldn't be in their zone surveillance camera (on the fence). The cars were passing fast and it wasn't that great, but after 45 min (for boy+girl couple) we had a ride direct to Alanya.
If you weren't lucky here and/or the soldiers' presence bothered you, I guess you could take one of the passing minibuses to go past the military zone, but I'm not sure where exactly they'd bring you.
== Public transportation ==
== Sleeping ==
If you don't have a place to sleep in [[Konya]], you could also go to the central bus station in the city center. It seems to be open 24 hours a day. [[User:Platschi|Platschi]] arrived there at 4 a.m. in the night and found enough benches to lay down. Many other local people also did, waiting for their bus to arrive. Also security was walking around there.
A very good place for wildcamp is the suburban park in the western part of the city (Meram belediyesi dutlu kulturpark) where a mosque, free public toilet (almost unique in Turkey..) and several bars on the edges of a dirty sewer river make the perfect environment for a nice stay. [[User:Fedecicco|Fede]] stayed there 2 nights leaving also his backpack at one of the bars and getting free hot water for cook and tea all the time he needed.
The central park on the hill Alaaddin tepesi seems to be less safe and calm listening to locals.
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