What are the transportation cards available in Turkey?
Last Updated: 2023-07-27
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Transportation cards in Turkey
If you want to live in Turkey, then you will definitely need to use public transportation, and accordingly the government has regulated transportation matters through transportation cards or cards in Istanbul and Turkey in general.
What are the types of transportation cards in Turkey? How do you use it? What are the details of each card? What is the best type of transportation card?
The regular card (Ennum Card): Its price is (6) Turkish Liras if you buy it from one of the government kiosks and (10) Turkish Liras if it is bought from one of the private kiosks, and with each use, the value of (3.5) Turkish Liras is deducted from the card.
Student card: One of the cards that is less valuable than the regular card, where a discount of up to (50%) is made for the regular card, for students, teachers and people over 60 years of age, and this discount is made when they use any means of transportation.
Monthly subscription card: "One of the best types of transportation cards in Turkey" The value of this card is (250) liras, which you buy from one of the government kiosks with a payment of a subscription fee of 10 liras , and you fill in some personal data, and you can use it 180 times in any type of transportation in Turkey.
Free card: Military commanders and their families and everyone over the age of 65 and a certain category of the disabled, athletes, journalists, government employees, municipalities and certain other groups can use this card, and those who hold the free card can use all means of transportation in Turkey completely free of charge.
Transportation fees
Transportation fees in Turkey vary according to the means of transport used (taxi, bus, metro), the distance traveled, the number of times the card is used, and the type of transportation card used.
What are the places and means of transportation in which the transportation card is used in Turkey?
Transportation cards are used in many types of transport such as metro, buses, electric trains (trams), ships and ferries, and sometimes they are used to enter beaches and parks.
As for the methods of extracting the transportation card in Turkey, they are very simple and smooth ways; only by filling out some questionnaires about your personal information and charging the card with the value you want. There are also machines and kiosks to obtain these cards, as well as the main transportation stations.
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