Cycling in Turkey: Routes, Road Rules and Bikes on Trains
Routes GoTürkiye lists, the route İzmir has signed, road rules for a cyclist, bikes on metro, trains and ferries, and weather by month.
Table of Contents
Where can you ride a bicycle in Türkiye, and what do you check first? This page answers from state, city and operator pages. It covers the routes on GoTürkiye, the tourism portal of the Türkiye Tourism Promotion and Development Agency (TGA) GoTürkiye, the one route İzmir has signed EuroVelo, a cyclist’s rules, and the rules of metro, train and ferry.
In short · checked 31.10.2026
Check the bike, then pick the route.
- Routes: GoTürkiye lists routes around Kemer, İzmir, Cappadocia, Marmaris and İstanbul, each with its length GoTürkiye. İzmir signed one 500 km route, EuroVelo 8 İzmir municipality.
- Check first: reflectors, brakes, tyres, chain, size and a helmet, as the Traffic Directorate’s cycling page (EGM) lists them EGM page.
- Do not: ride on the carriageway where a separate cycle path exists, on pedestrian paths, or more than two abreast. The rules are in the Regulation, as the General Directorate of Highways (KGM) keeps it KGM copy of the Regulation.
- Transport: İzmir’s suburban train İZBAN and İstanbul’s ferry operator Şehir Hatları charge no fee for a bike İZBANŞehir Hatları. Metro İstanbul charges none and sets time windows Metro İstanbul. İzmir’s Gulf ferries charge 5 kuruş İzmir municipality.
- Not printed: the pages read give no bike rule for national trains, Marmaray, coaches or motorways. Ask: the Turkish lines are below.
The bicycle, part by part
Eleven parts, one bicycle
Press a numbered pin on the drawing. The card gives the Turkish word, what a page says about the part and a line to say at a workshop. Mark a part «Needs work» and the message below fills in.
1Helmet kask
- The Traffic Directorate’s cycling page (EGM) says a cyclist should always wear a helmet (bisiklet kaskı). EGM page
Bisiklet kaskı var mı?Do you have bicycle helmets?
2Front lamp far
- A bicycle must carry one white front light that lights the road 20 m ahead. KGM copy of the Regulation
In the message: fara = the front lamp
Farım yanmıyor. Bakar mısınız?My front lamp does not light. Could you look at it?
3Bell zil
- It must also carry a bell, horn or similar that can normally be heard from 30 m. KGM copy of the Regulation
In the message: zile = the bell
Zil takar mısınız?Could you fit a bell?
4Handlebar gidon
- A cyclist must keep at least one hand on the bike. KGM copy of the Regulation
- Carrying a bag or package in the hand while riding is banned. KGM copy of the Regulation
- Not keeping a hand on the bike is a violation in EGM’s 2026 list of traffic fines. EGM 2026 list
In the message: gidona = the handlebar
Gidonu ayarlar mısınız?Could you adjust the handlebar?
5Brakes fren
- Brakes must be checked every time and be working every time. EGM page
- A bicycle must have two separate brakes, one for the front wheel and one for the rear, able to stop it safely. KGM copy of the Regulation
In the message: frenlere = the brakes
Frenlerime bakar mısınız?Could you look at my brakes?
6Tyres lastik
- Tyres should have the air pressure they need. EGM page
In the message: lastiklere = the tyres
Lastiklere hava basar mısınız?Could you pump up the tyres?İç lastik patlak. Yama yapar mısınız?The inner tube is flat. Could you patch it?
7Chain zincir
- The chain should be clean and oiled. EGM page
In the message: zincire = the chain
Zinciri yağlar mısınız?Could you oil the chain?
8Saddle sele
- The bike’s size and model must suit the rider’s height, weight and age, with the height settings right. EGM page
In the message: seleye = the saddle
Seleyi yükseltir misiniz?Could you raise the saddle?
9Reflectors reflektör
- A bike must have reflectors on its front and back. EGM page
- A rider at night wears reflective clothing or carries a reflective sign. KGM copy of the Regulation
In the message: reflektörlere = the reflectors
Reflektör takar mısınız?Could you fit a reflector?
10Rear light stop lambası
- At the back, one lamp that shows red, or a red reflector. The Regulation’s word is kuyruk lambası. KGM copy of the Regulation
In the message: stop lambasına = the rear light
Stop lambası yanmıyor. Bakar mısınız?The rear light does not work. Could you look at it?
11Rack bagaj
- Nobody may ride behind the rider unless there is a proper seat, and then only one person. KGM copy of the Regulation
- On İZBAN a bike must be such that no load is carried on it, so panniers come off. İZBAN
In the message: bagaja = the rack
Bagaj takar mısınız?Could you fit a rack?
A message for the workshop
Your parts, in Turkish
Parts marked «Needs work» join the message with the Turkish ending the verb asks for.
Merhaba, bisikletimde frenlere, lastiklere ve zincire bakar mısınız? Teşekkürler.Hello, could you look at the brakes, the tyres and the chain on my bike? Thank you.Press «Needs work» on a part. Its Turkish ending is added to the message here.
Rules and transport
Where may the bike go?
Press a gate. The small bicycle rolls to it and the card shows what the page prints, with the line to say there. Where no page was read, the card says «Ask».
Rules printed
bisiklet yolu Cycle path
- Where a separate cycle path exists, a bicycle may not ride on the carriageway. KGM copy of the Regulation
- A bicycle may not ride on a pedestrian path, and no more than two may ride side by side in one lane. KGM copy of the Regulation
- Unless a sign says otherwise, only bicycles and e-scooters may use a cycle path or lane, and turning drivers must give way to cyclists on it. EGM 2026 list
Bisiklet yolu nerede?Where is the cycle path?
Rules printed
cadde Street
- A bicycle may not hang onto another vehicle or be towed by it. KGM copy of the Regulation
- It may not do stunts, except at a permitted show. KGM copy of the Regulation
- It may not ride in a way that makes the road harder or more dangerous for others when following, overtaking or turning. KGM copy of the Regulation
Bu yolda bisikletle gidilebilir mi?May one go by bicycle on this road?
Ask
otoyol Motorway
- The pages read print no rule for bicycles on a motorway, so this card gives none. Ask before you go.
Otoyolda bisikletle gidilebilir mi?May a bicycle use the motorway?
Allowed as printed
metro Metro İstanbul
- Folding single bikes ride every day within operating hours. Other single bikes ride outside 07.00–09.00 and 17.00–20.00 on weekdays, and at weekends with no time limit. No extra fee. Metro İstanbul
- Lifts may be used within capacity, with priority to the elderly, disabled, pregnant and passengers with children. Two-seat bikes (tandems) are not accepted. Metro İstanbul
- On 21.09.2020 the last car of each vehicle was declared the «bisiklet dostu vagon» (bicycle-friendly car). Metro İstanbul news
Bu metroya bisikletle binebilir miyim?May I board this metro with a bicycle?Bisiklet dostu vagon hangisi?Which car is the bicycle-friendly car?
Allowed as printed
banliyö treni İZBAN, İzmir
- Any hour of the day, no extra fee. Floor marks lead to the bike cars; riders enter by the marked doors of the first and last cars. İZBAN
- Up to 4 cyclists per train set, depending on crowding. Stay on the landing. At busy hours passengers come first: wait for the next train. İZBAN
- No load on the bike, nothing oily, dirty or sharp. No riding in stations or on platforms, and no escalators: use the stairs and the bike channel beside them. İZBAN
- İZBAN may stop bike entry for safety or crowding. İZBAN
Bu trene bisikletle binebilir miyim?May I board this train with a bicycle?Bisiklet vagonu nerede?Where is the bicycle car?
Allowed as printed
vapur Ferry, İstanbul
- No fee is charged for bicycles on Şehir Hatları vessels. Şehir Hatları
Vapurda bisiklet için ücret var mı?Is there a fee for a bicycle on the ferry?Bisikleti nereye koyabilirim?Where can I put the bicycle?
Printed 16.11.2021
vapur Ferry, İzmir
- Since 01.09.2020 a cyclist pays 5 kuruş on the ferry trips inside the Gulf (a lira is 100 kuruş). İzmir municipality
- Bicycle places were fitted inside the vessels, and covers are given out in the rain. İzmir municipality
- This is a 2021 news item. The operator’s own page could not be read, so ask for today’s fare.
Vapurda bisiklet için ücret ne kadar?How much is a bicycle on the ferry?
Rules printed
Büyükada Princes’ Islands
- On 18.08.2023 the municipality said it had renewed its bicycle regulation (bisiklet yönetmeliği) and briefed the island’s tradespeople on it, the bicycle trade among them. Adalar municipality
- On 11.08.2023 the municipality asked riders to keep bicycles and battery-powered vehicles out of the bazaar and the pedestrian zones. Adalar municipality
Burada bisiklet yolu var mı?Is there a cycle path here?
Ask
tren, otobüs Trains and coaches
- The pages read print no bicycle rule for the national railway’s trains, for Marmaray or for long-distance coaches, so this card gives none. Ask at the ticket desk.
Bu trende bisiklet için ücret var mı?Is there a fee for a bicycle on this train?Bisikleti bagaja alır mısınız?Will you take the bicycle in the luggage hold?
Routes: listed and signed
Pick an area and read its routes. GoTürkiye lists routes for five areas, each with its length in km. Only one route is signed on the ground: EuroVelo 8 in İzmir.
EuroVelo 8 in İzmir
- EuroVelo
- The European cycle route network. The European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) decides which routes join EuroVelo news.
- rota
- A route. The İzmir route follows the coast of the İzmir Peninsula for 500 km, through seventeen townships EuroVelo.
- Ends
- Pergamon in the north and Ephesus in the south, two ancient cities. The ports of Dikili and Çeşme link it to the islands of Lesbos and Chios EuroVelo.
- Decision
- On 12.10.2019 the ECF decided, on İzmir Metropolitan Municipality’s application, that the route joins EuroVelo 8. It is Türkiye’s second EuroVelo route after EuroVelo 13, a 140 km section on the Bulgarian border near Edirne EuroVelo news.
What İzmir signed
500 km of coast, 650 signs and 58 boards.
Before 2019: 650 direction signs and 58 information boards went up, and 30 km of ground was levelled. A technical tour ran from Dikili to Selçuk on 6–13.05.2019 İzmir municipality.
2020: free repair stations and bicycle pumps were set up at 33 points, about 15 km apart İzmir municipality.
2023: 400 direction signs, 5 boards and 110 posts were renewed İzmir municipality.
Still: EuroVelo’s own legend asks riders to bring a map or navigation app, because signs can have defects EuroVelo.
GoTürkiye lists routes in five more areas: press one on the map to read them.
Which area?
Antalya, Kemer
Routes
7
- Kemer – Ovacık – Kemer
- 50 km. The route starts at sea level; after 25 km it reaches the Ovacık plateau at 1,300 m GoTürkiye.
- Kemer – Beldibi – Kemer
- 40 km, to the Beldibi cave GoTürkiye.
- Çıralı – Beycik – Kemer
- 47 km. Beycik village lies at about 840 m, at km 20 GoTürkiye.
- Likya Yolu – Çıralı Sahili
- 47 km (Likya Yolu is the Lycian Way) GoTürkiye.
- Maden Plajı – Likya Yolu
- 35 km with 1,115 m of climbing, half of it in the first 10 km GoTürkiye.
- Kemer – Çukuryayla – Beycik
- 55 km; Çukuryayla lies at about 1,770 m GoTürkiye.
- Sedir Rotası
- 55 km, to the summit of Sarıçınar Dağı at 1,793 m GoTürkiye.
İzmir
Routes
7
Cappadocia
Routes
7
- Ürgüp – Damsa Barajı – Ürgüp
- 42 km GoTürkiye.
- Ürgüp – Avanos – Uçhisar
- 36 km GoTürkiye.
- Ürgüp – Ortahisar – Çavuşin – Ürgüp
- 36 km GoTürkiye.
- Güzelyurt – Ihlara Vadisi – Derinkuyu Yeraltı Şehri
- 32 km (yeraltı şehri means underground city) GoTürkiye.
- Güvercinlik Vadisi – Göreme Açık Hava Müzesi – Güvercinlik Vadisi
- 29 km GoTürkiye.
- Uçhisar – Göreme – Çavuşin – Uçhisar
- 26 km GoTürkiye.
- Ürgüp – Ortahisar – Ürgüp
- 23 km GoTürkiye.
Marmaris
Routes
6
- Marmaris – Bördübet – Yedi Adalar – Marmaris
- 76 km (Yedi Adalar means Seven Islands) GoTürkiye.
- Marmaris – Çamlı – Gökbel – Marmaris
- 61 km GoTürkiye.
- Selimiye – Orhaniye – Bayır – Selimiye
- 57 km, gaining 1,079 m GoTürkiye.
- Marmaris – Hisarönü – İçmeler – Marmaris
- 48 km GoTürkiye.
- Marmaris – Karacasöğüt – Marmaris
- 47 km GoTürkiye.
- Marmaris – İngiliz Limanı – Marmaris
- 45 km GoTürkiye.
İstanbul
Routes
2
Each row gives the length of the route in km. Heights are quoted only where a page’s own text gives them.
Road rules for a cyclist
Read these lines before you ride. Each says what a cyclist does, and which copy of the rule says so.
- Check the bike: reflectors, brakes, tyres, chain, size and a helmet EGM page.
- Use the cycle path where there is one. A bicycle may not ride on the carriageway where a separate path exists KGM copy of the Regulation.
- Keep off pedestrian paths, and ride no more than two abreast in one lane KGM copy of the Regulation.
- Keep a hand on the bike. Carry no bag or package in the hand KGM copy of the Regulation.
- Carry nobody without a proper seat behind the rider, and never more than one. Do not hang onto another vehicle KGM copy of the Regulation.
- Lights, brakes, bell
- A bicycle must carry one white front light that shows 20 m ahead, one red rear light or red reflector, two separate brakes, and a bell or horn heard from 30 m KGM copy of the Regulation.
- At night
- A rider wears reflective clothing or carries a reflective sign KGM copy of the Regulation.
- Drivers
- Turning drivers must give way to cyclists on a cycle path or lane, and other vehicles may not use the path or lane unless a sign says so EGM 2026 list.
- Age
- Letting someone under 11 ride a bicycle is a violation in EGM’s 2026 list of traffic fines EGM 2026 list.
- Motorway
- The pages read print no rule for bicycles on a motorway. Ask, and look for the sign at the entrance.
- bisiklet yolu
- A cycle path: the part of a road kept for cyclists only KGM copy of the Regulation.
- taşıt yolu
- The carriageway.
- yaya yolu
- A pedestrian path.
- şerit
- A lane.
- otoyol
- A motorway.
Bikes on trains, metro and ferries
Check the operator’s rule before you queue, then show the Turkish line at the gate. The gates in the tool above hold each card; this is the short version.
- Metro İstanbul
- Folding bikes every day within operating hours; other single bikes outside 07.00–09.00 and 17.00–20.00 on weekdays, and all weekend. No extra fee Metro İstanbul.
- İZBAN, İzmir
- Any hour, no extra fee, through the marked doors of the first and last cars, up to 4 cyclists per train set İZBAN.
- Şehir Hatları
- No fee for bicycles on its vessels Şehir Hatları.
- İzmir’s Gulf ferries
- 5 kuruş for a cyclist since 01.09.2020, in a news item of 16.11.2021 İzmir municipality.
- National trains, Marmaray, coaches
- No rule is printed on the pages read. Ask at the ticket desk.
On the İzmir ferries
A place and a cover
Bicycle places were fitted inside İzmir’s Gulf ferries, and covers are given out in the rain İzmir municipality. Short lines for the quay are in chapter 8.
- vapur
- A passenger ferry.
- banliyö treni
- A suburban train, such as İZBAN.
- vagon
- A train car.
- peron
- A platform.
- asansör · yürüyen merdiven
- A lift · an escalator.
- katlanabilir bisiklet
- A folding bike, the kind Metro İstanbul lets on all day.
For lines, tickets and stations, see Istanbul Public Transport, Istanbul Metro and Marmaray and Public Transport in İzmir.
The Princes’ Islands and city paths
Take the ferry to Büyükada and ride its streets. Keep out of the bazaar and the pedestrian zones.
- Adalar
- The Princes’ Islands, a district of İstanbul reached by ferry.
- bisiklet yönetmeliği
- The bicycle regulation. The municipality said it had renewed it and briefed the island’s tradespeople on it, the bicycle trade among them (18.08.2023) Adalar municipality.
- çarşı
- The bazaar. Banners ask riders to keep bicycles and battery-powered vehicles out of the bazaar and the pedestrian zones (11.08.2023) Adalar municipality.
- Summer
- Accidents are frequent in summer; the municipality puts this down to a lack of cycle paths and signs to international standards and to unruly riding Adalar municipality.
- İstanbul
- The length of cycle path was raised to 531.33 km, in the municipality’s 2024 climate-change monitoring report İstanbul municipality.
- İzmir
- In a news item of 16.11.2021: 89 km of cycle path and 1,047 bicycle places at more than 100 points, with 107 km more planned in the short term and up to 248 km in the medium and long term İzmir municipality.
The months, by weather station
Pick a month. Each row is one station of the Turkish State Meteorological Service (Meteoroloji Genel Müdürlüğü, MGM), with the period its averages cover.
Which month?
January
- Antalya (Kemer routes)
- Mean high 15.0 °C, mean low 6.1 °C, 12.36 rainy days (1930–2025)
- İzmir (EuroVelo 8)
- Mean high 12.5 °C, mean low 5.8 °C, 12.56 rainy days (1938–2025)
- Muğla (Marmaris routes)
- Mean high 15.5 °C, mean low 6.8 °C, 12.88 rainy days (2001–2025)
- Nevşehir (Cappadocia)
- Mean high 4.0 °C, mean low −3.6 °C, 12.31 rainy days (1959–2025)
- İstanbul (the city and the islands)
- Mean high 9.6 °C, mean low 4.2 °C, 16.27 rainy days (1950–2025)
February
- Antalya (Kemer routes)
- Mean high 15.6 °C, mean low 6.4 °C, 10.35 rainy days (1930–2025)
- İzmir (EuroVelo 8)
- Mean high 13.7 °C, mean low 6.2 °C, 10.50 rainy days (1938–2025)
- Muğla (Marmaris routes)
- Mean high 16.1 °C, mean low 6.8 °C, 9.08 rainy days (2001–2025)
- Nevşehir (Cappadocia)
- Mean high 5.5 °C, mean low −2.6 °C, 12.10 rainy days (1959–2025)
- İstanbul (the city and the islands)
- Mean high 10.2 °C, mean low 4.2 °C, 13.92 rainy days (1950–2025)
March
- Antalya (Kemer routes)
- Mean high 18.0 °C, mean low 8.1 °C, 8.53 rainy days (1930–2025)
- İzmir (EuroVelo 8)
- Mean high 16.4 °C, mean low 7.7 °C, 9.20 rainy days (1938–2025)
- Muğla (Marmaris routes)
- Mean high 18.5 °C, mean low 8.0 °C, 7.76 rainy days (2001–2025)
- Nevşehir (Cappadocia)
- Mean high 10.3 °C, mean low 0.7 °C, 13.09 rainy days (1959–2025)
- İstanbul (the city and the islands)
- Mean high 12.4 °C, mean low 5.5 °C, 12.58 rainy days (1950–2025)
April
- Antalya (Kemer routes)
- Mean high 21.4 °C, mean low 11.3 °C, 6.44 rainy days (1930–2025)
- İzmir (EuroVelo 8)
- Mean high 21.0 °C, mean low 11.2 °C, 7.82 rainy days (1938–2025)
- Muğla (Marmaris routes)
- Mean high 21.6 °C, mean low 10.2 °C, 6.64 rainy days (2001–2025)
- Nevşehir (Cappadocia)
- Mean high 16.0 °C, mean low 5.1 °C, 12.49 rainy days (1959–2025)
- İstanbul (the city and the islands)
- Mean high 17.4 °C, mean low 9.2 °C, 10.08 rainy days (1950–2025)
May
- Antalya (Kemer routes)
- Mean high 25.7 °C, mean low 15.3 °C, 5.18 rainy days (1930–2025)
- İzmir (EuroVelo 8)
- Mean high 26.2 °C, mean low 15.5 °C, 5.31 rainy days (1938–2025)
- Muğla (Marmaris routes)
- Mean high 25.7 °C, mean low 13.9 °C, 4.20 rainy days (2001–2025)
- Nevşehir (Cappadocia)
- Mean high 20.6 °C, mean low 8.9 °C, 12.93 rainy days (1959–2025)
- İstanbul (the city and the islands)
- Mean high 22.3 °C, mean low 13.6 °C, 7.52 rainy days (1950–2025)
June
- Antalya (Kemer routes)
- Mean high 30.8 °C, mean low 19.7 °C, 2.53 rainy days (1930–2025)
- İzmir (EuroVelo 8)
- Mean high 30.8 °C, mean low 19.9 °C, 2.28 rainy days (1938–2025)
- Muğla (Marmaris routes)
- Mean high 30.2 °C, mean low 18.0 °C, 1.68 rainy days (2001–2025)
- Nevşehir (Cappadocia)
- Mean high 24.9 °C, mean low 11.7 °C, 8.10 rainy days (1959–2025)
- İstanbul (the city and the islands)
- Mean high 27.1 °C, mean low 18.0 °C, 5.37 rainy days (1950–2025)
July
- Antalya (Kemer routes)
- Mean high 34.2 °C, mean low 22.9 °C, 0.54 rainy days (1930–2025)
- İzmir (EuroVelo 8)
- Mean high 33.3 °C, mean low 22.6 °C, 0.45 rainy days (1938–2025)
- Muğla (Marmaris routes)
- Mean high 33.2 °C, mean low 21.1 °C, 0.40 rainy days (2001–2025)
- Nevşehir (Cappadocia)
- Mean high 28.5 °C, mean low 13.7 °C, 2.30 rainy days (1959–2025)
- İstanbul (the city and the islands)
- Mean high 29.7 °C, mean low 20.5 °C, 3.48 rainy days (1950–2025)
August
- Antalya (Kemer routes)
- Mean high 34.1 °C, mean low 22.9 °C, 0.55 rainy days (1930–2025)
- İzmir (EuroVelo 8)
- Mean high 33.0 °C, mean low 22.5 °C, 0.56 rainy days (1938–2025)
- Muğla (Marmaris routes)
- Mean high 32.9 °C, mean low 21.4 °C, 0.20 rainy days (2001–2025)
- Nevşehir (Cappadocia)
- Mean high 28.7 °C, mean low 13.6 °C, 1.72 rainy days (1959–2025)
- İstanbul (the city and the islands)
- Mean high 29.7 °C, mean low 20.8 °C, 3.59 rainy days (1950–2025)
September
- Antalya (Kemer routes)
- Mean high 31.2 °C, mean low 19.6 °C, 1.71 rainy days (1930–2025)
- İzmir (EuroVelo 8)
- Mean high 29.3 °C, mean low 18.8 °C, 1.94 rainy days (1938–2025)
- Muğla (Marmaris routes)
- Mean high 30.3 °C, mean low 18.4 °C, 1.52 rainy days (2001–2025)
- Nevşehir (Cappadocia)
- Mean high 24.5 °C, mean low 10.5 °C, 3.42 rainy days (1959–2025)
- İstanbul (the city and the islands)
- Mean high 25.9 °C, mean low 17.6 °C, 5.53 rainy days (1950–2025)
October
- Antalya (Kemer routes)
- Mean high 26.6 °C, mean low 15.4 °C, 5.38 rainy days (1930–2025)
- İzmir (EuroVelo 8)
- Mean high 24.1 °C, mean low 14.7 °C, 5.31 rainy days (1938–2025)
- Muğla (Marmaris routes)
- Mean high 26.1 °C, mean low 14.1 °C, 4.88 rainy days (2001–2025)
- Nevşehir (Cappadocia)
- Mean high 18.3 °C, mean low 6.8 °C, 6.99 rainy days (1959–2025)
- İstanbul (the city and the islands)
- Mean high 20.6 °C, mean low 13.7 °C, 9.48 rainy days (1950–2025)
November
- Antalya (Kemer routes)
- Mean high 21.4 °C, mean low 10.9 °C, 7.48 rainy days (1930–2025)
- İzmir (EuroVelo 8)
- Mean high 18.7 °C, mean low 10.8 °C, 8.75 rainy days (1938–2025)
- Muğla (Marmaris routes)
- Mean high 21.5 °C, mean low 10.3 °C, 7.60 rainy days (2001–2025)
- Nevşehir (Cappadocia)
- Mean high 11.8 °C, mean low 2.5 °C, 8.54 rainy days (1959–2025)
- İstanbul (the city and the islands)
- Mean high 16.1 °C, mean low 9.9 °C, 11.26 rainy days (1950–2025)
December
- Antalya (Kemer routes)
- Mean high 16.7 °C, mean low 7.7 °C, 11.91 rainy days (1930–2025)
- İzmir (EuroVelo 8)
- Mean high 14.2 °C, mean low 7.6 °C, 12.72 rainy days (1938–2025)
- Muğla (Marmaris routes)
- Mean high 17.2 °C, mean low 7.8 °C, 11.52 rainy days (2001–2025)
- Nevşehir (Cappadocia)
- Mean high 6.2 °C, mean low −1.3 °C, 12.27 rainy days (1959–2025)
- İstanbul (the city and the islands)
- Mean high 11.8 °C, mean low 6.5 °C, 15.53 rainy days (1950–2025)
- ortalama en yüksek sıcaklık
- Mean high temperature: the average of the day’s highest reading, by month.
- ortalama en düşük sıcaklık
- Mean low temperature.
- yağışlı gün sayısı
- The number of rainy days in the month. MGM prints it with decimals, because it is an average.
- ölçüm periyodu
- The measurement period the average covers. It differs by station, so it is printed in every row.
- Muğla
- MGM’s Muğla station is in Muğla town, not in Marmaris, but both lie in the same province.
For the city itself, see Antalya City. For the region around Cappadocia, see Nevşehir and Cappadocia.
A room for the bike
Ask for a closed place for the bike when you book. GoTürkiye prints the eight conditions of a certificate for it.
The certificate
Bisiklet Dostu Konaklama Tesisleri Sertifikası
«Certificate for bicycle-friendly accommodation». Under sustainable tourism, Türkiye opened applications for it to encourage cycling tourism GoTürkiye. The page then lists the places that hold it; none is named here.
- Staff who know the bike routes GoTürkiye.
- Written or digital information on the area’s culture, history and nature.
- Continuous information on the weather and road conditions in general areas.
- A closed bicycle shelter with equipment to park and lock bikes, and a watch kept on it.
- A marked repair area, set aside, with equipment.
- Quick laundry and quick drying.
- Where there is a restaurant or breakfast hall, a menu for cyclists with nutrition information.
- Energy gels or bars, and drinks with electrolytes or carbohydrate, on sale.
Bisikletim için kapalı bir yer var mı?Is there a closed place for my bicycle?
A flat tyre and food
If a tyre goes flat, say patlak and show the line. Free repair stations and pumps stand at 33 points on the EuroVelo 8 route, about 15 km apart (set up in 2020) İzmir municipality.
- iç lastik
- The inner tube.
- patlak
- Flat, punctured.
- yama
- A patch.
- pompa
- A pump.
- bisiklet tamircisi
- A bicycle repairer.
- bakkal
- A small neighbourhood grocery. For larger shops, see Supermarkets in Turkey.
Bring a map or navigation app for the parts of a route that are not signed EuroVelo.
The Turkish words to carry
Press Copy and show the line on your phone. Each line has its meaning under it.
Bisikletimi içeri alabilir miyim?May I take my bicycle inside?Yakında bisiklet tamircisi var mı?Is there a bicycle repairer nearby?Bisikletim için kapalı bir yer var mı?Is there a closed place for my bicycle?Bu vapura bisikletle binebilir miyim?May I board this ferry with a bicycle?Bisiklet yolu nerede?Where is the cycle path?Otoyolda bisikletle gidilebilir mi?May a bicycle use the motorway?
- bisiklet
- A bicycle.
- mesafe
- Distance. GoTürkiye prints each route’s length under this word.
- iniş · çıkış
- Descent · ascent.
- dağ bisikleti · elektrikli bisiklet
- A mountain bike · an electric bike. GoTürkiye tags its routes with these.
- kask · zil · fren · lastik
- Helmet · bell · brake · tyre.
Sources and limits
Facts, dates and figures on this page come from these pages, each read on 31.10.2026.
- Bisiklete Binmek — Emniyet Genel Müdürlüğü Trafik Başkanlığı (EGM Traffic Directorate), no date, checked 31.10.2026
- 2026 Yılı Trafik İdari Para Ceza Rehberi — EGM Traffic Directorate (PDF, file dated 10.06.2026), checked 31.10.2026
- Karayolları Trafik Yönetmeliği — Karayolları Genel Müdürlüğü (KGM, the General Directorate of Highways), copy of the Regulation (PDF, file dated 16.11.2025), checked 31.10.2026
- Sıkça Sorulan Sorular — Metro İstanbul, no date, checked 31.10.2026
- İstanbul’un metroları artık bisiklet dostu — Metro İstanbul, news, 21.09.2020, checked 31.10.2026
- Bisikletli Yolculuk — İZBAN A.Ş., no date, checked 31.10.2026
- Sıkça Sorulan Sorular — Şehir Hatları A.Ş., no date, checked 31.10.2026
- İzmir’de bisikletle vapura binmek 5 kuruş! — İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi (İzmir Metropolitan Municipality), news, 16.11.2021, checked 31.10.2026
- EuroVelo Rotasına Dahil Olduk — İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi, no date, checked 31.10.2026
- Cycling in Turkey: EuroVelo 8 Izmir Route — EuroVelo, European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF), no date, checked 31.10.2026
- European Cyclists’ Federation approves the extension of EuroVelo 8 – Mediterranean Route in Izmir, Turkey — EuroVelo, news, 26.11.2019, checked 31.10.2026
- Antalya Bisiklet Rotaları — GoTürkiye, tourism portal of the Türkiye Tourism Promotion and Development Agency (TGA), checked 31.10.2026
- İzmir Bisiklet Rotaları — GoTürkiye, checked 31.10.2026
- Kapadokya Bisiklet Rotaları — GoTürkiye, checked 31.10.2026
- Marmaris Bisiklet Rotaları — GoTürkiye, checked 31.10.2026
- İstanbul Bisiklet Rotaları — GoTürkiye, checked 31.10.2026
- Bisiklet Dostu Konaklama Tesisleri — GoTürkiye, checked 31.10.2026
- Lütfen çarşı içlerine ve yayalaştırılmış bölgelere bisiklet ve akülü araçlarla girmeyin — Adalar Belediyesi (Adalar municipality), news, 11.08.2023, checked 31.10.2026
- Bisiklet Yönetmeliği Yenilendi — Adalar Belediyesi, news, 18.08.2023, checked 31.10.2026
- 2024 İklim Değişikliği İzleme Raporu yayınlandı — İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi (İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality), Environment directorate, checked 31.10.2026
- İl ve İlçeler İstatistik: Antalya — Meteoroloji Genel Müdürlüğü (MGM), station table, period 1930–2025, checked 31.10.2026
- İl ve İlçeler İstatistik: İzmir — Meteoroloji Genel Müdürlüğü (MGM), station table, period 1938–2025, checked 31.10.2026
- İl ve İlçeler İstatistik: Muğla — Meteoroloji Genel Müdürlüğü (MGM), station table, period 2001–2025, checked 31.10.2026
- İl ve İlçeler İstatistik: Nevşehir — Meteoroloji Genel Müdürlüğü (MGM), station table, period 1959–2025, checked 31.10.2026
- İl ve İlçeler İstatistik: İstanbul — Meteoroloji Genel Müdürlüğü (MGM), station table, period 1950–2025, checked 31.10.2026
- Country outlines (map) — Natural Earth 1:10m, public domain
- Kemer, İzmir, Cappadocia, Marmaris, Istanbul — Wikimedia Commons, coordinates of the five dots (for Cappadocia, the region’s), checked 31.10.2026
The rules are quoted from the copy each chip names, not from the legislation site, so a rule changed after a copy’s date may not show here. The pages read print no bike rule for national trains, Marmaray, coaches or motorways, so none appears. No fine amounts are given.
Shops, rentals, tours, hotels and apps are not covered. Pictures are from Wikimedia Commons with author, date and licence in each caption, cropped and resized only; the two illustrations are marked.