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Trucks are banned from entering the city during rush hours (morning: ''?'', evening: about 17:00-22:00), If you drive highway look around and even when they can proceed through the city, there are few places to stop. Therefore it is highly likely that ask your driver will to let you out at the Mahmutbey toll booths. There are two ways to the centre from here. Note that there are no ATMs on the outskirts of Istanbul. If in place where you have no Turkish money, the driver may let you travel for free, or see a friendly Istanbul in walking distance than ask local may pay people for you; arrive with some Turkish lira in your pocket to not be reliant on the kindness of strangers. One option is to walk to the side road to the right of the motorway, then turn to the first or second street to your right (the wide one). From the bus stop about 200 m down that street, take bus 89M "Zeytinburnu Metro", which will cost around 2 Turkish lira (~ €0/metro.80) (see section below on Public transport). From Zeytinburnu there is an extensive choice of public transportation into the city such as trams You should have some small local cash to Sultanahmet, buses to Taksim/Beyoğlu (93C), or the ''Metrobüs'' heading pay for the Asian side across the Bosphorus.  Another option, from close to the motorway toll booth, are the frequent minibuses to Topkapı or Yenibosna, from which you can find transportation further into the centre. A third option is possible if your driver is going to the Asian side of Istanbulticket. If he will cross the bridge ''Fatih Sultan Mehmet kuprusu''. ask him to drop you at the last exit before the bridge's toll booth, which is right after you pass the new stadium. if you Or walk/hitch down that road, very soon you will arrive at a metro station, which will take you directly to Taksim.:)