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Along the highway between Ankara and Kırıkkale, there is a [[Petrol station hitchhiking|gas station]] every few hundred metres (nope, not kidding). Waving with your hand and thumbing around these stations work fairly well, and trucks stop easier. You can also ask people at the gas station. | Along the highway between Ankara and Kırıkkale, there is a [[Petrol station hitchhiking|gas station]] every few hundred metres (nope, not kidding). Waving with your hand and thumbing around these stations work fairly well, and trucks stop easier. You can also ask people at the gas station. | ||
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| + | It is no exaggeration that there are gas stations every few hundred metres. When riding from Ulus to Mamak, don't be tempted to get off at the first bunch of gas stations you see. Instead, Try and get the driver to take you beyond the ring road where there are many rides going long distances. The closest town to the bunch of gas stations beyond the ring road is called "Ortakoy"... only 500 metres or so from the gas station although fence climbing might be necessary. | ||
=== South towards [[Konya]] & [[Adana]] {{E|90}} === | === South towards [[Konya]] & [[Adana]] {{E|90}} === | ||
Revision as of 08:37, 6 April 2012
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Ankara is the capital of Turkey, surrounded by a big ring road.
Contents
Hitching in
Get dropped off at any exit on the ring road and you should be able to hitch to either a metro/bus stop or if you are lucky all the way to downtown.
Hitchhiking out
West towards Istanbul E 80
In Kizilay (city center), there is the main dolmus and city-bus station. Find a bus to Yaskament. The buses going there leave about 500 meters away from that dolmus station, so you might have to ask around a little bit. It's across the street, when you cross the main park in the city center. The bus goes about 30 minutes and brings you to the start of the highway to Istanbul.
Northeast towards Samsun E 88
Here you should actually just take a dolmuş going in direction of Kırıkkale; from there you can easily hitch-hike up north to Samsun. You can find such minibuses in Ulus in city centre, next to the Julian column. These minibuses will have a sign saying "Mamak", the name of the easternmost suburb of the city. They will take you as far as to the ring road surrounding the city.
Along the highway between Ankara and Kırıkkale, there is a gas station every few hundred metres (nope, not kidding). Waving with your hand and thumbing around these stations work fairly well, and trucks stop easier. You can also ask people at the gas station.
It is no exaggeration that there are gas stations every few hundred metres. When riding from Ulus to Mamak, don't be tempted to get off at the first bunch of gas stations you see. Instead, Try and get the driver to take you beyond the ring road where there are many rides going long distances. The closest town to the bunch of gas stations beyond the ring road is called "Ortakoy"... only 500 metres or so from the gas station although fence climbing might be necessary.
South towards Konya & Adana E 90
Take a metro or dolmus to the main bus station called A.S.T.I. From there you can already see the highway. If you turn right you can see the signs saying Konya and Golbasi. Just walk along the highway, which is only about 2 km. You can either thumb on the road or try your luck on the fuel station which is situated there (in January 2012 the staff was very helpful to rozwal in finding a ride). From there you can easily hitch to the ring of Ankara which has the junction in Golbasi, or you just take a Dolmus to Golbasi for 2 Lira. The dolmus stops at a crossover of the highway.
