{"id":65,"date":"2014-06-29T15:14:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T20:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogtest.cowebtech.ca\/?p=65"},"modified":"2019-10-03T08:50:38","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T13:50:38","slug":"driving-in-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/?p=65","title":{"rendered":"Driving in Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most places in Turkey are connected by bus. &nbsp;Even small towns will have a <i>Otogar<\/i>, or bus station with regular services running all over the country. &nbsp;There are some places though, that you may want to see, that have irregular or limited bus service. &nbsp;In this case, you may consider hiring a car.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here are a few points to consider.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Turkey has one of the highest, if not the highest petrol price in the world. &nbsp;You often pay more than 5 Lira per litre for petrol. &nbsp;You should understand that renting a car is not the most economical way to get around. &nbsp;Petrol stations are abundant on major roads, you should have no problems finding one. &nbsp;They are all full service. They seem to prefer cash to credit card as well, so you should keep that in mind.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Most rental cars have a manual transmission, so if you are coming from North America and are used to driving an automatic car, make sure you request one in Turkey. &nbsp;Otherwise, you may be in for a shock when you get the car!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Turkey drives on the right and has standard European road signs. &nbsp;Signs that are written will be in Turkish only. &nbsp;This should not present a major issue though, as most signs use pictures instead of being written.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Highways have lanes just like in other countries, but you are unlikely to see Turkish people use them! &nbsp;Driving between two lanes is very common and driving on the shoulder is considered normal, especially when making a right turn. &nbsp;Overtaking on the right, while illegal, is very common.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>You should drive defensively<\/b>. &nbsp;Cars will often join the road without checking if the lane is clear. &nbsp;If you think a driver has not seen you, sound you horn, flash you lights, or both. &nbsp;Be aware that most drivers will not indicate before they change lanes or overtake you.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Overall though, once you get used to how the Turks drive, you should be fine; but don&#8217;t expect a leasurely afternoon drive through the countryside!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most places in Turkey are connected by bus. &nbsp;Even small towns will have a Otogar, or bus station with regular services running all over the country. &nbsp;There are some places though, that you may want to see, that have irregular &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/?p=65\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[57],"class_list":["post-65","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-turkey","tag-turkey-driving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65\/revisions\/199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cowell.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}