Turkey is a large country with 216,000 miles (347,000 kilometres) of roads. The Turkish government upgraded the highways very well in the past few years offering perfect transportation links within the country.
While you are in Turkey, you can either rent out a car from several Rent A Cars available or use a bus. The bus companies that operate from one city to another in Turkey offers very cheap prices as there is a high competition. Some of the major companies are Varan, Pamukkale, Karadeveci, Ulusoy, Boss, Uludag and Kamil Koc. While Karadeveci is a company who only specialise in transportation from Izmir to Milas – Bodrum, companies such as Kamil Koc and Varan has links to majority of the destinations in Turkey.
Air flights within Turkey have very competitive prices. The main airline company is Turkish Airlines, followed by Atlas Jet, Pegasus Air and Onur Air. All these companies fly out to majority of the destinations in Turkey. There are also smaller companies who specialise in certain routes, such as IzAir who mainly flies from Istanbul to Izmir, owned by Sabanci Group which is the second largest company in Turkey.
All the train lines in Turkey are owned by the government. As the government is not spending enough money to this service, it is not very popular in Turkey as it is in Europe. Majority of the travellers either use planes, buses or private cars for long distance travels.
Within all destinations, very good bus and dolmus (shuttle bus) services are available regularly. The services are available from early morning until late night.
Taxis are also very popular in Turkey. You do not need to phone a cab like you do in UK. You can easily find and stop a taxi on the road. The fares are a lot cheaper than UK even in the popular holiday resorts. In addition, there is no extra charge for luggage or passenger like in UK. One thing that you should always do is to check the taximeter when you first get on to the cab. In Turkey, the night tariff starts after 00:01. If you are planning to travel a long distance, you can negotiate with the driver to turn off the taximeter and offer a discounted fixed fare.